JMO, I think Skinner blindly believed CWW's stories because he had no reason not to take whatever was said at face value. Also, MS backed up CWW's tales. Now that we know CWW tells lies so easily debunked (ex. telling Lubinski he and MS found TS) I wouldn't be surprised if CWW told Skinner he was a tech genius and took many trips to FL. I don't think Skinner independently had any other first hand 'proof' beyond CWW being a legend in CWW's own mind coupled with CWW's competence in the
programming arena.
I went back and reviewed Skinner's thread, very interesting to read through with the information we have now. I think Skinner is a long time, loyal friend to MS. At one point years ago, they were very close and its hard to remove that 'tint' of the past when examining someone's current behavior, if that makes sense. MS is manipulative to say the least,
I'm sure he exhibited plenty of 'nice guy' acts over the years to convince Skinner of his honorable, moral character. What Skinner didn't know, at no fault of his own, was that MS was simply wearing a the mask, acting how he
thinks good men act. With a lot of history together comes a lot of lies told over time. Lies are easier to tell and easier to believe when you consider the physical distance between old friends. :moo:
From Skinner's thread, my comments italicized.
- MS told me about how a doctor friend of theirs (MS and TS) was called by MS to go to the home and investigate. He had been called on his cell phone by office staff telling him that TS was not in the office and not answering her phone.
We should keep this explanation from MS in mind, considering he wouldn't answer LE's written request for the same information (who called you to check on TS?).
Skinner was duped, evidenced by these posts:
- If MS is guilty orchestrating this, he had to put up quite a deceptive practice with me, 100% of the time, over the past 10 years. This is what makes me think it is not even conceivable that he is guilty.
- MS was involved with a fair amount of the business end of this, and he would want to talk to me about all those business details, and well...... money is not a motivational reason for MS to commit murder, or have it done.
- IF MS is involved in the murder, then it would mean, without hesitation, that there was an intense hatred for her that he concealed to me, PERFECTLY, for 10 years. He deceived me, by way of not opening up about the "truth" of his resentment (which is not in MS character).
Safe to say MS masked his true character, resentment, concealed his intense hatred to Skinner for 10 years.
- MS is not at all stupid, and he knows how we live in Orwell's "1984" times (even worse). He would not risk it. No way, in my thinking.
Very insightful because MS did risk it, but in a way that confirms Skinner's 1984 comment, with burner phones and secure texts.
Other thought provoking posts in light of recent discovery:
- They would not let him into the house for several days or maybe a week or three. I remember on our 2nd conversation I asked him about if anything was stolen, and he said he did not know. I said, "What do you mean? What about your safes?" He said, "Oh, yeah, they were okay. The LE made me open them."
- 1) IF WW had a hand in murder of TS on behalf of MS, money would not have been the motivator. It would have been a bonus, if and when anything might come down the pipe, but money would not have been the reason on behalf of MS. I know WW well enough that he would have done it for a type of moral reason. An outrage, or injustice, that needed addressing, and he is capable of taking matters into his own hand when the police are not doing enough, or to help a dear friend who seems in bad shape.