My opinion of the cleaning (I've exlained this before) with the assumption that BC didn't do it. So again, I'm explaining this as if BC did not kill NC. If he did not, and he said in his deposition that he still loved his wife and wanted the marriage to work...then it explains the cleaning. He cleaned the week before, but obviously no where near the standards that she has. So he was intent on proving himself that weekend. Again, I'm not trying to change your mind, but I can see this as a valid reason for him cleaning. Besides, why is everyone focused on him cleaning the house from top to bottom. She was strangled, so this wasn't a bloody mess he needed to clean up. Her body might have released urine or feces, but that wouldn't have been much to clean up (although it could explain the need to do laundry). But even if there was a small struggle, he still wouldn't have needed to scrub the house. So for me, him doing so makes more sense that he was trying to prove himself than it was trying to clean up evidence. What evidence could he possible have been cleaning up given the way she died?
Well, I'll tell ya, after watching a NUMBER of these cases unfold here on Websleuths, there's one reason for a guy, who has the REPUTATION of NEVER cleaning house or DOING WASH, to clean and do wash on the EXACT day his wife disappears and later shows up murdered, it's to clean up any unknown evidence. Oh, sure there's going to be dna from both, they live there,.........BUT there's always the unknown evidence LE looks for. The smatter of dna where it shouldn't be. The broken nail, where it shouldn't be, that fits like a piece of puzzle to the victim. The piece of jewelry (ie earring) one still on the victim. A possible urine soaked comforter, vomit tested back to the victim in the entryway,.............vegetative matter in the trunk of the car matching what the wife ate ealier in the evening,............hair of the victim in the trunk of the car..........
It's either clean the house or car or wherever the crime occurred,...........or burn it down (which has also been known as a standard MO, and definitely recently!)
When it's NOT normal MO for the suspect to clean, it's suspicious that he suddenly starts cleaning.
Of course he's denied all allegations of abuse towards his wife and that he's CLAIMED he was 'Super Dad' YET everyone else who knew the couple while they were a couple completely deny that is true. I didn't really expect Brad to admit he wasn't Mr. Perfect and he was Suzie Homemaker. Of course he THINKS he's a prize catch, although his WIFE knew the truth. The deadly truth.
One common bond with these guys is they all believe they're smarter than everyone else, especially LE, AND that if they lie enough, people will believe them. After all, they've gotten this far in life with hiding their dark secrets. PLUS, the one person they inflicted the most damage to is no longer here to dispute what they say, so naturally everyone will believe them.
In this case, I believe Brad has been taken completely off guard with HOW MANY of Nancy's friends and family know EXACTLY what he was REALLY like and he underestimated the reaction of LE. Just because he just got his MBA earlier this year, doesn't mean he wouldn't murder his wife. Everyone knows that, ESPECIALLY LE.......Murdering husbands cross all scocio/economic lines. As a matter of fact, IMO, the more educated ones think they have a better chance of getting away with murder because they are so smart. The only problem is,..............their degree is NOT in murder.
I approached this case not thinking anything, one way or the other. I wasn't even there in Cary and it only took me a few days to figure out Brad did it. I'm sure LE had him pegged within an hour. That's about how long it took LE to become suspicious of Scott Peterson. Of course, as in this case, it took a few additional months to collect the 'evidence' the husband was involved. Circumstantial, yes,.............but it still spells m.u.r.d.e.r!
JMHO
fran
