Whenever I think about DM killing LB during his 1 hour mission, I wonder why he wouldnt just take her body right to the farm after. There is no reason to carry a dead body back into his house and then leave it there all night and ship it out the next day, in broad daylight! Why pull an all-nighter after? If he had killed her right away, he could have ditched her body at the barn and been back home playing video games with MS by 10pm that night.
IMO the plan was more than just kill and cremate. It was hurt, kill, and cremate, and I believe MS there for each phase.
Exactly.
Further, if he wanted it a "short and sweet" process, he arguably could have taken her directly TO the hangar and committed the murder there. All done in one fell swoop.
Smarter, too, to transport a live body over a dead one the distance from Etobicoke to Waterloo.
But that's not what the evidence alleges.
Because of the location/time of the murder and the pings/timing of arriving at the hangar I believe:
1 -
He arrived to Maple Gate with LB, with MS's full knowledge -- his "be there in 5, don't be outside" (paraphrasing here) is akin to arriving to a surprise party with the guest of honour. TAKE YOUR PLACES, EVERYONE!
2 -
The trip he was on shortly after arriving is not when LB died. She went with him, as the phone pings suggest. I don't know what they were doing, or what explains her non-use of phone (I don't buy the "she was enamoured and on a date narrative -- that's not how social-media frenzied young adults behave; nor do I subscribe to the idea that they had anything to do with CN at that time.) Perhaps they took off because MS wasn't in place, or whatever they had arranged wasn't completely set up.
3 --
LB was killed at Maple Gate in a crime of passion. I don't completely believe a gun was used, but that's not relevant.
The radio silence is indicative, to me, that the accused were together and carrying out their crime.
MM's location? Somewhere in the house, stoned out of her gourd? Passed out after a high?
4 --
The accused separated ways, albeit in the same residence.
The morning text from Smich came from within the house, with knowledge of what had already occurred. He was either checking in on DM, or had looked for him and noticed he wasn't there.
Why did DM leave without him? He didn't sleep as much as MS, and figured he'd cross a few things off on their "to do list."