My first post on this thread was in parts misinformed as I did not fully read the warrants so I will delete it if I can figure out how lol. But, after reading itthe again and based on the evidence and the lack of I am pretty confident that this is what happened
Theory:
Julia met someone online on a dating/hook-up platform as Tinder just launched in September 2012 (could be any other as well) and he came over. He spent the night after intercourse, and as she was sleeping, the man took advantage of Julia having her guard down, suffocated her to the point where she lost consciousness, placed her face down in the bathtub while she was still restrained and she drowned. The perp deleted any evidence from her phone (which adds to the possiblity of them meeting on Tinder as it is a mobile app), took her keys and left the apartment.
I will list below key points from the warrant and how they confirm my theory:
Section G. home invasion look of the room and pillow case missing but her valuables not
Explanation: after the murder, the perp trashed the room in an attempt to make the scene look like a home invasion, getting rid of any possible evidence and a momento to remember the night (sometimes they do that). I will explain the latex gloves in a following paragraph.
Section H: Julia had a shirt on, cut to expose her chest, sleeve only on her right arm (I'm asuming her left arm was out of the shirt), ligature marks on wrists and ankles
Explanation: After intercourse, the perp stayed in the apartment for a while and waited for Julia to fall asleep. It was winter so she was sleeping dressed in the said shirt and pants. Got on top of her (she was sleeping on her right side), tried to rape her, started by cutting the pants around the crotch area (most likely) then her shirt, attempted to tie her limbs all together (so she won't be able to struggle) but while doing so, she woke up, managed to pull her left hand out, he pressed her face against the pillow (she bit her tongue in the process as she was probably trying to scream) and lost consciousness. After suffocating her, the perp moved her into the bathtub, cut out her pants completely hoping that the water would wash any seminal fluid. He was wearing two sets of rubber gloves to make sure that his DNA does not remain there, after she bit her tongue and bled over the pillow case, the first set of gloves got dirty so he removed them and later probably fell out or his pocket while he was searching the purse that was on the floor. He then tried to unlock the phone (or actually managed to and deleted all conversations), then he just placed it in the bathtub with her hoping the water will render it useless. He then took her keys and left the apartment.
Section M: ligature marks on ankles and left wrist (especially)
This makes sense if she was sleeping on her right side, managing only to pull out her left arm, he restrained that and her 2 ankles together at first, after the asphyxiation he added the right hand too.
An important note:
The proof that she was unconscious or probably even dead before she got moved to the bathtub is simply because there was no signifcant amount of blood and water in the bathroom walls and floor, the rug was not wet either, therefore no struggle happened in the bathtub.
@rosesfromangels please allow me to message you, so I can actively work on this with someone that has more in depth knowledge about this case
