Or, one might equally argue, the story was hinky because it had to serve too many functions at once - adequate reason for his tire tracks and bootprints to be leading in and out of the area where Lonnie was found. As well as reasons for being on the road around the exact time Lonnie went missing, just in case he happened to be seen. Also reason for him to insert himself into the investigation, after having plenty of time to clean his vehicle.
You're probably right, though. I think the Keddie case has seriously messed up my ability to assume Law Enforcement might actually check things out properly. The ones in this county do seem pretty efficient to me. Except the sleeping through night duty guy, but there's always one in every bunch. :B
I wonder how the perp knew, in the dark of night, in a stressful situation, where exactly the easiest place to pull over and leave a body was on that particular stretch of road, and why he chose that bit of public highway (the night of the fair, when there's likely more chance of late traffic than any other time of year) rather than some lonely patch of logging territory on a back road somewhere.
Maybe he liked the idea of driving past the crime scene the next day. Maybe he was already really late home and had to hurry. Or he wanted Lonnie to be found quickly - though that didn't exactly pan out.
Was the side of the road he was found on the same side which takes traffic into Orofino? (Our roads are opposite to yours, as are our steering wheels - I can never picture American road directions correctly!)
You're probably right, though. I think the Keddie case has seriously messed up my ability to assume Law Enforcement might actually check things out properly. The ones in this county do seem pretty efficient to me. Except the sleeping through night duty guy, but there's always one in every bunch. :B
I wonder how the perp knew, in the dark of night, in a stressful situation, where exactly the easiest place to pull over and leave a body was on that particular stretch of road, and why he chose that bit of public highway (the night of the fair, when there's likely more chance of late traffic than any other time of year) rather than some lonely patch of logging territory on a back road somewhere.
Maybe he liked the idea of driving past the crime scene the next day. Maybe he was already really late home and had to hurry. Or he wanted Lonnie to be found quickly - though that didn't exactly pan out.
Was the side of the road he was found on the same side which takes traffic into Orofino? (Our roads are opposite to yours, as are our steering wheels - I can never picture American road directions correctly!)