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Greetings, fellow sleuthers waiting patiently for anything to happen on Lauren's case. Well, your patience is about to be rewarded as next Tuesday the Grand Jury will be presented with the McDaniel case. It does not look very promising for our young SoL. While the prosecutors will only show enough to get an indictment ( not much ) they have a bunch of stuff, and I mean a bunch. They know exactly how McD was able to subdue Lauren. They have lots of forensics. What is kind of funny, if there is such a thing in this case, is the answer to the question, what is taking them so long ? It has nothing (or little) to do with McD. The judges of Superior Court had to "settle their calendars" and this did not occur until this week. Not sure how the process works , but the clock does start ticking once an indictment comes down, and apparently the calendars had to be "settled" for this to take place or McD could have talked about his poor constitutional rights to a speedy and fair trial being violated. None of the judges wanted this trial, but Howard Simms wound up with it. Another tidbit gleaned ~ Lauren, quoted as saying about McD not long before her death, " Well I am going to be nice to him, because I am scared he is going to go all Columbine on everybody" Let's keep Lauren in our thoughts and prayers as this process plays out. Justice is coming I believe
Whoa, AgentFrank -- your post certainly says a mouthful! And, as far as I know, we are hearing it from you, here, first. Sounds like things are about to start moving with this case all right.
What you said about it being known exactly how Lauren was subdued sure has me thinking something must have shown up in the toxicology report -- I can't think of another way, short of a confession, that they would be likely to know for sure, under the circumstances ...of course, I could be wrong. (In a weird way, I hope for that -- that maybe she really "didn't know what hit her".)
If the case does indeed go to the Grand Jury when you predict, and there is an indictment, then what I was saying earlier about us needing to watch the legal debate in the Bun case over the 90-day rule might indeed apply. (Not that I think it would make much difference in the outcome, but it likely would be an arena for legal maneuvering.)
I know we likely will not be learning much from the Grand Jury proceedings -- barring leaks -- but what I really want to know is what of the bunches of forensics ties SM directly to the crime ... to me, that always has been important. Likely I will not get my answer, though, unless and until the case goes to trial.
I have to admit, while I know it is not really the time, I do hope we will learn at least a little from this next step. I'm only human!
I join you in thoughts of Lauren and prayers for her family. I also feel for the McDaniel family at this time.
What are your thoughts on the possibility of a change of venue -- surely there must be talk about the possibility. The earlier media coverage ...wow. I've wondered if that is not why there was such a sudden and total drop-off of coverage ... some kind of tacit agreement to try to ward off the possibility of a venue change.
Thanks, AgentFrank, for reporting in.