PoirotryInMotion
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Going once more back to the question whether WH was in the car at the gas station - I vaguely remember in one of the press conferences, I think on Thu or Fri, it was said that the car had been both to D Park and L Mountain before getting gas at 9:14, means he killed her in Dodge Park then drove on to Larch Mountain and dumped her, and then - without Whitney - went to get gas, possibly because he thought he'd need to get rid of her things at various locations and needed more gas for that.
I might be wrong, but if someone has the time to dig through thread 2 or 3 and check?
If there are gas receipts showing the car was there buying gas, then it is not too hard to believe that an attendant could be correct in identifying Whitney as being in the passenger seat. The gas receipt reports are muddled, confusing, and the # of stops unverified by LE (why two stops within a short time period for gas?--SUVs have large tanks); I'll go back and see what I can find.
Another question--did JH bring along a tool for the license plate removal as well? (Likely a wrench of some variety to remove the 2-4 heavy duty nut bolts that attach plates.) So, how much hardware did JH plan to have on him (besides the gun) when he asked her for a ride that morning? Those nut bolts get rusty and stiff over the years (and hers were on a 1999 Explorer in rainy climate) so it would be a stretch of the imagination to suppose that 2-4 of them simply fell off, causing the plate to fall off on that mountain. So the perp must have removed it. (Was it mentioned anywhere that they found prints on the plate?) But, if it mattered enough to plan and take the time to do that, then why take off only ONE of the two plates?? The car is still identifiable with the other one. (LE reported that "one of the two plates" was still on the car when found.) Even more boggling...why take that license plate off and leave it on the mountain if the perp took pains to distribute all the other bits of evidence miles away from the mountain where the body was hidden?
I hardly believe he had a tarp or anything tucked under his arm that would cover blood when transporting a bullet-riddled body. But even if he HAD brought something along (somehow inconspicuously) to wrap her body in, there are trace amounts of blood that would have showed up even if he'd given the car's interior a thorough washing with bleach. (Add clean-up to the timeline on the mountain, as well.) Even with a thorough clean-up, there are blood traces that will show up in a luminol search. There had to be blood with such a violent death (4-7 gunshots variously reported); so where was it? And why was that DNA not mentioned as being the DNA on his clothing or person that gave 'probable cause'? Where is the gun with fingerprints?
Agreed...this whole sequence is not adding up yet.
**One more note; I find it frightening (actually appalling, though I'm the last person you'd call a bleeding-heart liberal) that someone can be held for such a horrific crime for this long without yet having had at least a court-appointed attorney. Esp. since it's obvious LE has been talking with him. It is every bit as dangerous to the prosecution (mistrial possibilities) as to the defense.