First-time poster, long-time lurker.
I've followed this trial since the day Nancy went missing because Lochmere is only minutes from my home. I'm comfortable saying that most, if not all, of the people in this area believed that Brad committed this murder due to the information put forth by the media and the individuals surrounding this case. I talked to my sister-in-law several weeks ago about the developments in this case and she said, "Wasn't he caught buying bleach at 4am the morning she disappeared?"
That was in the media at the time and that false rumor spread like wildfire throughout the community. So even if Brad is found not guilty, there will be a likely uproar because people haven't followed the case closely and simply believed what was spoon fed to them in those first couple of weeks.
But after following this trial in its entirety, my long held belief that Brad is guilty has been replaced with absolute embarrassment by the actions of the Cary police and the Wake County DA's office. I do not think Brad committed this crime the way the prosecution has laid it out. Did he kill Nancy? I really don't know, but if I was a jury member on this trial, there is no way I could deliver a guilty verdict.
Living in this area for as long as I have, it's no surprise that NC's friends were able to push the police investigation in a particular direction. But the complete ineptitude of the police's handling of evidence along with the prosecution's inability to deliver a coherent argument has been baffling to me.
The google map search and the router in use at 10:21pm on the 11th are the only pieces of evidence that have me questioning whether or not Brad did it, and one of those is corrupted and the other was not admitted into evidence. The duck fiasco was laughable and she wasn't wearing the necklace that she always wore on the 11th.
I feel horrible for NC and her friends and family, but being the father of two small children, a greater disservice would be to find Brad guilty without any legitimate evidence other than marital strife and leave those children with the unimaginable burden of a dead mother and an imprisoned father convicted of killing her.