Snipped. The PDF at this link ^^ is a
must read. It is 57 pages, of which about 40 are the original police logs and photos, and excellent newspaper articles. The other 17ish pages seem...misplaced. How are they are related, other than by geography?
The compiler of the PDF did a good job, and he presents the first part of how he thinks the events played out near the end of the document. It is the only thing I've ever read that makes sense.
Telephone
Handle = part you hold in your hand, includes the mouth and ear pieces
Cradle = part attached to the wall, where the dials are, where the handle sits when not in use
Cord = spiral cord that attaches handle to cradle
The telephone was the type that was affixed to a wall, not the kind that sits on a table. The cord and handle had been detached from the cradle.
I found pics online that show some older phones with the 'quick connect' cords and some with permanently attached cords.
Did someone just disconnect the cord from the cradle? Or did they grab the cord and yank hard to rip the wires from the cradle?
A small trash pail (size of a bathroom trash can) had been moved to the middle of the kitchen floor. It was full and the handle of the phone was hung on the rim of the can. Newspaper reports said the mouth piece, the spiral cord, and the cradle portion (dials) all had blood on them.
The whiskey bottle and beer in the trash can is explained by Jane's husband--They purchased beer that weekend when they had company, and he made himself and Jane a drink the previous evening, finished the last of the whisky.
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