Rain on my Parade
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The Sharpie, notepad and paintbrush, which were all directly connected to the crime, were returned to their proper places. For a household in utter disarray, such fastidiousness stands out. The Maglite was on display, and not in its usual drawer. So the flashlight has no such connection?
proust20,
Except the batteries have no fingerprints.
PR's paintbrush was an odd choice for putting together the so-called garotte. (A striking combination of Art and Death.) Any number of impersonal items could have served the same lethal purpose. Over time, PR demonstrated that she was capable of avoiding self-incrimination. Why then would she pick something which obviously belonged to her? While the blow to the head could have been reflexive and instantaneous, that is not the case with the strangulation, which was deliberate and methodical. From this aspect, which form of violence was inflicted on JB first is not important.
Good points. Yet, we do not know that it was indeed PR that chose the paintbrush. I’ve said this so many times it’s like a broken record: the scarf on the wet bar was not taken into evidence. This scarf was probably one that PR gave her guests during the Christmas party on the 23rd. Not a gift from Beth as JR attested to. In so saying, why did JR give JB a scarf as a final departing gift? Were these fibers the actual fibers entwined within the ligature and in the paint tray?
As for the violence inflicted upon JB that night, the sequence of events do matter. The head blow happened 45 minutes to two hours before she was strangled. So naturally we can deduce that perhaps the head blow was accidental but the strangulation served the purpose of ending her life.
BR could go back to the good Dr. Phil and confess to everything on national TV without legal consequences. The DA's office could face more problems if the lid were blown then the actual killer? I think that JAR is now center stage because, after the Dr. Phil interview, it became apparent that BR was an unsuitable spokesman for the R's legacy.
Sure BR could confess but why would he? To what purpose would it serve him? As for JAR rearing his head after 20 plus years ... everybody knew BR was an unsuitable spokesman for the family. JAR and BR display the same characteristics today as they did in 1996.