Interesting speculation but I have no doubt the hanging occurred from the murder room with the outdoor balcony. The murderer knew the intricate details of the Spreckels mansion and knew the precise lengths s/he had to cut the noose and wrist and ankle binds because the murderer has been there numerous times before, and due to her/his psychopathology had indeed envisioned how s/he would murder either Rebecca and/or Jonah solo or both together numerous times in the past, the fantasy continued in the murderer's insane delusional mind for YEARS. Yes, that is what I believe.
Your points are well taken, and it is always interesting how we can see the same facts so differently.
From my perspective, I feel certain that the guest house was the scene of RZs death.
At the beginning of my interest in the case, I was also of the same opinion as yourself - the bedroom was the scene of the death, but staged.
However, the available evidence led me to change my mind.
My considerations -
The dropped towel and minimal blood spotting were outside the bedroom
The lack of DNA, hair, fibers, fingerprints from either AS or RZ ( except, primarily, for RZ for the rope) in the bedroom - this first led me to consider the room as not the principle area of activity.
The lack of rope filaments / fibers found( which may be expected to be present from cutting of the the rope in the room / on the carpet)
The lack of indentation marks in the carpet from cutting a rope ( if you put a rope down to cut it, you would likely leave indentations or marks on the floor / furniture where you rest it, to cut it) - none were evident.
The lack of carpet ‘pull’ or drag mark behind the leg of the bed (if it was used as an anchor for the hanging) suggesting this was also staged.
The distance of the bed movement was inconsistent with the body weight drop.
The lack of long / short drop hanging injuries on RZs body ( no spinal injury, spinal fracture, spinal dislocation - and no-bleeding, hemorrhage or tissue damage or other wise to the rear of the neck)
RZs (very)dirty bare feet indicate she was located somewhere other than in the bedroom
The inability to explain the lack of footprints on the balcony, and the suggestion RZ could ‘hop’ if she ‘leaped’ in one motion across the balcony ( why not shuffle?)
((NB the defense attorney was the one who demonstrated how ridiculous this theory was when he nearly broke through the courtroom floor with his ‘ leaping’ demonstration!))
The lead detectives testimony stating the photos of RZs body were taken around 8.00 hours by the SOCO. She said he could not go inside the building first as they were still clearing the rooms - So there appears to be apparent misconception that the photos were taken when the ME arrived - much later.
This makes the lividly visible in the legs a particular area of interest - as it’s inconsistent with a short time on the ground - and also with AS timing of when she was found.
The statement from AS on the 911 “got a girl.....hung herself in the guest house...”
The fact the rope length indicated RZ would have been inches from the ground if she had been hanging based on the reconstituted rope length shown at trial.
And finally, the lack of DNA on RZs body and ‘discovery’ area - and glaring inconsistencies in the ‘cutting down’ story by AS - involving the table being needed to reach her, the three arms needed while holding her, the phone, the knife and resuscitation etc.
I also feel that taking RZ to a place where she could be more easily controlled is more in keeping with the psychopathy of someone who would commit a murder such as this.
It was using the evidence available that brought me to the hog tying hypothesis, I proposed that early on too, and very sadly, I was right.
However, it’s challenging each other of our hypothesis that brings results, and that can only be a good thing.
QUESTION for you guys - does anyone know why is there no time stamp on the crime scene evidence photos that were supplied to the plaintiff?
All just my opinion....
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