I'm so glad the police are searching for her, but if this guy is a first-time offender, it seems like he managed to pull off an incredibly careful operation. What are we missing? He was time-poor and, by all accounts, drug or alcohol affected, and yet we have nothing. Did he return to the scene later and move evidence - it all seems so unreal, given that people were mobilised and aware that SM was missing so soon after her family reported her missing. Abduction perhaps?
No offence, but I do not agree.
He hasn't pulled off anything, except hiding her body. He was in the sight of police officers very quickly in the scheme of things, and I still maintain he's been lucky to date as far as her body goes. He's surrounded by bush, mineshafts, dams etc. It's like looking for a needle in a hay stack.
We don't really know he was time poor. By the time the alarm was raised, it appears the deed was done and he had traveled some distance away from where she was expected to be, and therefore being looked for. It appears she left home at 7ish, got to roughly her halfway point in Woowookarung Regional Park at 8 (where it's alleged she was murdered), and I'm guessing expected home around 9. At some point, shortly after she was expected home, the alarm was raised, and Mick went looking for her. In these early hours, only her family, some friends and the local police knew she was missing, and were not doubt searching the area she regularly ran. If indeed she is in Enfield state park, that is 28km/30 minutes away. Of course, the general public were not aware at this point that anything was astray and wouldn't have been on high alert for anything that could appear odd.
We are assuming, based on past videos of the accused taking drugs and being impaired, that this would be a regular weekend thing for him. We're also assuming that, because he visited several bars the night prior/earlier in the morning, that he would have been impaired at 8am. While I don't disagree that this was likely, it's all speculation at this point.
He may have just gotten lucky as far as not leaving any physical evidence at the scene of the crime. There may not have been blood, nor signs of a struggle. Perhaps he came up behind her with a blunt object and she just fell to the ground, then he picked her up and moved her to the car. The only signs could perhaps be almost impossible to conclude came from a scenario such as this, although forensics are very, very good. Maybe there weren't any footprints, no messed up gravel, broken twigs or branches etc?
Abduction? Definition: The action of taking someone away by force or deception.
I don't think so. I think she died at the scene, or was almost dead when she was moved. My interpretation of abduction is that it's a live person. Once that person is no longer alive, then it becomes tampering with a corpse, or similar. (I would imagine) I'd be keen to hear others thoughts on what constitutes an abduction in legal cases.
MOO of course.