Expounding on my comment above, if I may- for all we know, he could have killed her at home and buried her somewhere in the woods either locally or on the way to Tennessee. He could have been using the trip as an alibi of sorts- in other words, he was trying to make her last birthday special, so he took her one more time- see, I have hotel receipts to prove we were there, see, I bought gas and food at such and such places for her and I, etc.
I have heard of cases where innocent people flunked the lie detector tests out of nerves- the poor grandmother in Jessica Lunsford case willingly took a polygraph test and flunked it, yet the poor lady had nothing to do with her horrific murder. I have also seen some suspects pass it like Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer. While those tests are decent to get suspects talking, they are not full proof. He may have passed the part about dumping her body in the river- but it makes me wonder if he just was very calm during that part and wasn't fazed by the question, hence why no spike when he answered. This is why they're not admissible in court.
Please allow me a few minutes to process all the energy in the posts since this morning.
That's one good thing about WS posters. We sure bring some passion to our beliefs.
Steelslady, I deeply admire yours too. You have a strong sense of right and wrong, and will go to the mat to defend your beliefs.
Let me try to explain a few of mine. There are so few actual facts that have been released. So many blanks. I think we are all filling in those blanks through the filters of our own life experiences.
To me, it sort of feels like trying to come up with the correct phrase on that game show when you only have a couple of letters showing. So little to go on.
So, at this point, my mind is filling in the blanks to see him as more of a pathetic figure than a criminal. Doesn't mean I'm right. Just my opinion.
You see him differently and you could be right. I really appreciate you being here and sharing your opinions. You've brought up many good points with this post and others too.
They help remind us of all the other possibilities. So well, in fact, that half the time I'm right there on the other side myself!
At this time though, I think he's mentally impaired in some way.
I know I've posted a lot recently, but please don't think though that I'm trying to tell you or anyone else what to think about this case.
I don't want you to ever feel that opposing opinions are not welcome...
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