This may have been addressed, but when in the sequence of events did he see the three girls? When he was his way to the bridge/before he came across Libby and Abby? And did tbe mud/blood come from a fight/struggle with them in that they fought back or from staging the bodies?
From the time given by LE he was seen leaving and the 3 girls were on the way in .
It was stated in the PC he was observed to be muddy and bloody looking like he was In a fight.
Imo the reason that was how he was described this way is; who would describe a person as "someone who looked like they stabbed someone to death in a mud puddle" . He may have had a scratch or 2, bloody hands and muddy jeans / boots hence the description of muddy and bloody...
Just to shake things up:
- Carhartt sold at least two million jackets per year since 1992 (
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carhartt);
- Men in the US bought $8bn worth of jeans in 2016 alone (
Men's denim market in the United States 2021 | Statista), around 450mn pairs;
- The Sig Sauer P227 is the standard issue sidearm for all Indiana State officers - very close model to the P226 and meaning many people would have had one on them at the crime scene (
Sig Sauer P227 Named Duty Weapon for Indiana State Police).
No conclusions drawn, just adding that in.
Really no shake at all ..if anything more wasted time on defense theory's that dont match the evidence. Here is what a good lawyer would do with what you posted:
You mention Carhartt, Jeans, and Sig.
You the jury have been shown eye witness or Video or photo evidence which shows suspect who said "down the hill" wearing a carhart hoody jacket at 2:15pm. The defendent (points finger at RA) willing offered information he was on that bridge ,during that exact time ,wearing a carhartt hoody jacket..let me remind you members of the jury that this is the same jacket seized from (points at RA)defendants home 5 years later.
Jeans :Same as above just change the words "carhart hoody" to the words " blue jeans"
State Trooper Sig 227:
The crime scene was secured and only a handful of SP investigators were at the crime scene and maybe 2-3 from that agency were within the inner taped off crime scene location were the bodies and 40c bullit were found. After test results came back confirming the bullit had been cycled through (points at defendants) RAs gun and only his gun as the eject marks are similar to fingerprints and chances of matching 2 different guns would be in the billions we still went ahead and compared the marks to our own officers service weapons which did not result in match.
There are tens of thousands of these sig 26 and 27 owned by LE and private owners all over the US and the world...what are the chances we found 1 round at the scene,, that matches 100% like a fingerprint to (points at defendant) RAs weapon ..that he has stated nobody has ever had access too but him? He Also Stated he was in the immediate area of the crime scene at the time of the murders which has been confirmed by several other eye witnesses and also video.
RA like every US citizen derserves his day in court,His defense is required to do everything in thier legal capicity to get him off and if he doesnt make a plea deal after seeing all the evidence against him ..then he wll get his fair trail..the thing is.. this is 2022.. it's not easy to get away with any crime let alone murder...especially if you did it, Cameras,cell phone pings,dna,lie detectors,hair and fiber analysis,tire tracks,boot prints,socoal media etc etc will all be used against him. The days of uncheckable "maybe this happend..maybe it was this person" are a defense of the past. Either fight the science with science and let the chips fall or or plead out
Its possible when RA is confronted with the scientific evidence he will take a plea offer...IF one is offered. If not theres a small chance he still may plead guilty knowing its a slam dunk.