Not even just the "stuttering" and "inability to spit it out"....
The "smirk" on his face though... is way too much for me.
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=8068801
When she knocked on doors that night in May 2010...
The woman, I believe was making Shannan wait outside.
The man however said that she "fell into" the house when he opened the door.
He said he would have "detained" her if he had realized how serious the situation was.
He would have kept her inside if she had been willing to stay.
I believe she could have stayed inside the man's house until help arrived... if it was help that had arrived. Could have called someone else to come get her, or even asked him to take her back.
If you are inside a dark house, how is the person trying to kill you going to know that is where you went? Run in, have him turn off all the lights and wait for police... if anyone does happen to knock on the door, he can play stupid...or you can even call someone else to come and get you.
She didn't stay.... which makes me think it was more of an irrational fear... than a real one.
She had to know she was better off hiding in a house not connected to her... than running down a street at night if she was running from a killer....
But if she was out of her mind, just running... then she would just be running... into a car, into water, into the poison ivy, into whatever got in her way.