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....IF she went over the balcony.......
Hi Gilgamesh,
I know that there are a number of people who believe Rebecca did not go over the balcony to her death, but was murdered elsewhere and staged into the noose from below. There may be other scenarios beside that one. I've stated that I think the autopsy supports a long drop. I think that the autopsy photos (which haven't been released to the public, and hopefully never will be) also can show evidence to other experts of the injuries in relation to the noose in situ, and support the long drop as COD.
I'm actually very interested to hear someone elaborate a bit on counter theories-- how or why they believe she was not killed in the long drop from the balcony. I can't reconcile the severe neck tearing of the soft structures and the hemorrhage with any other scenario besides a long drop while she was still alive with a beating heart, though perhaps unconscious or semi conscious. I do think she could have been partially strangled prior (the second ligature mark).
I'd be interested to read how others think she could have come to that damage and not sustained a long drop. Strangulation alone wouldn't cause that pattern of tearing injuries, with active hemorrhage.
Another thought I forgot to add a couple days ago.
Another reason I think Rebecca was tortured and taunted by a woman/ women is precisely because she was NOT sexually assaulted.
The goal of power position by the murderer was achieved by restraint and psychological torture, and the physical torture preceding the moment of murder was almost perfunctory. IMO, the goal of the female murderer was to torture her mind while she was conscious, telling that she was going to be killed and displayed grotesquely when they were done with her. The nudity was "enough" sexual humiliation for the female murderer-- sexual assault and torture (by instrument, or voyeurism of a rape conducted by a man) was just not the goal. Psychological torture was the goal of the murderer, imo. Sexual assault and torture would have also been too "messy" for this murderer, imo. Edited to add-- Frankly, I get the sense the murderer didn't want to TOUCH Rebecca any more than she absolutely had to.
Males who murder and torture sadistically frequently have also sexually assaulted/ tortured the victim when the victim is found nude and bound, I have read. (I don't have a link handy for that statement, so consider it my opinion until I find a good discussion to link.)