I'm a little rusty on the exact details from Grant's trial, but I think Amanda will not get out of this. They have the surveillance vid of her taking the kids to the fast food place (the time Grant was dropping off Laura's car or ?). They have the picture of her dumping or getting rid of the acid and finally reining in Laura's sister to come and visit with whatever. AND, the times that Grant was out shopping were in the middle of the damned night. She had an infant. Add into that the Craigslist sales...yeah, she's toast IMVHO.
And Amanda KNEW that her daughter S loved the boys and her sister. Amanda had plenty of time to sound the bells of danger to either her daughter or her sister to let them know that he murdered Laura and needed out.
I have a little bit of sympathy for Amanda in that she lost her mom and had a new baby all within a week. That would be hard for a normal person in a normal marriage.
ITA with you that Amanda will NOT get out of this, and IMO I'm quite confident she will get convicted on the murder.. IMO there is absolutely NO WAY that she'll skate off with the accessory after the fact charge.(tho, I firmly believe this is exactly what she and her defense are hoping for with that being recently added by the prosecution).
TBH my opinion is that Amanda did in fact do the actual hands-on murder. Now, does that in any way whatsoever mean that Grant is somehow less responsible, or culpable in the murder?.. No!.. IMO it is Grant who is the sole reason that Laura is dead. IMO, I believe that Grant very much manipulated Amanda in ways that I'm not sure she even realizes or recognizes to this very day. Just as you mentioned above, Amanda had not only just given birth mere weeks prior, but had also lost her mother..all within days of each other, and all immediately preceding Laura's murder.. IMO, those factors PLAY A HUGE PART in Grant having used this extremely unstable, emotionally exhaustive time for his wife, Amanda..
IMO, he took full advantage of the situation and IMO, he manipulated and fed into her resentment toward Laura.. IMO, he literally fed into it in such a way that made Amanda's feelings about/toward Laura take on a whole new life, so to speak..IMO, after that last review by the therapist in the custody case stating, that Grant needed further psychiatric testing due to his obvious preoccupation and inappropriate anger towards Laura.. IMO, he knew that he was losing control(and let's face it, we all know that is exactly what the entire custody was about to Grant).. IMO, at that point he cranked up the manipulation of Amanda's feelings toward Laura..and IMO, I believe that he manipulated Amanda into not just resenting and hating Laura for all the problems she felt she was causing Amanda&Grant.. IMO, I honestly believe the key issue that Grant successfully used to push Amanda over the edge was convincing her that not only was Laura going to "win" in the custody battle of the boys.. But more importantly that she was in turn going to get Lilly taken away from Amanda&Grant.. I honestly believe that is exactly the angle that Grant used, and it was exactly the issue that tipped Amanda right on over that edge that she was already so very close to due to the exorbitant amount of emotional duress and exhaustion she was experiencing at that time.
My apologies for this turning into one of my ridiculously long posts:blushing:..but I do honestly believe that there are even some possible indicators that this indeed is what/how Grant manipulated Amanda into actually committing the murder, which IMO, just further shows him to be a true monster without a conscience..
Think about what Grant just said in his recent interview.. IMO, he truly believes he's just so damn smart, but in reality his words actually give away the truth..and as we've all come to know in following these type cases, liars ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS give kernels of TRUTH mixed in with their largely false statements and claims.. IMO, so, too did Grant give those kernels of truth in his recent version of events.
Grant, himself, says that the entire cause for the supposed physical altercation between Amanda and Laura that led to her death..the entire cause was that LAURA TOLD AMANDA SHE WAS GOING TO TAKE LILLY FROM HER.. Think about it.. Where would this crazy notion even originate from?.. IMO, it originated from Grant, and it is Grant that had fed this notion to Amanda because he KNEW that it was the angle he could use to truly push an already extremely, emotionally fragile Amanda over the edge to the point that she ACTED on the fear he had instilled in her that Laura was going to take Lilly.
OK..So, I'm cutting myself off here..:blushing:
I have much more to say on the issue of Grant's unconscionable manipulation, but as I said I'm forcing myself to stop here..for now...
