There is no THEORIES thread so thought this the most suitable thread for discussion of the disposal of her body in a chase. It is a response to a post found on the MOTIVE thread:
According to one of our maintenance staff, you can get into a mechanical wall chase with a butter knife. This was posted on the NH independent.
Hi SG, We read that LE had 100 officers that searched that bldg thoroughly. The article mentioned they searched all the chases. I interpreted that to mean all the ones they could open up {with a butter knife ;} and look into. They found nothing in those first searches except the clothing in the dropped ceiling tiles.
We also read the body was moved once before it was put into the chase, and to a different room.
My thought is he went up to the area above his basement work area, maybe walked up a stairs to the 1st floor, and already knew of an access point to a chase that grounded in the basement. A chase goes vertically up all the way to the top floor from the bldg with entry from every floor.
Having seen diagrams of the chase construction, I believe he pushed her body through an opening into that chase and it dropped down, landing somewhat hard and maybe wedged in between a pipe or electrical conduit and the plywood facia board inside the chase. I think that plywood board obstructed the searchers view of her body caught above which is why she wasn't found on those initial searches. Then when they brought the dogs in on Sat they got an alert, finding her and keeping that a secret until Sunday.
Another reason I believe this could be the case is they had a difficult time retrieving her body. Because she wasn't right inside the easy to open door to the chase, but wedged many feet above in between the cables/pipework, and they had to remove part of the wall above to get her out.
It is only speculation, but I have tried to use all the little pieces of the puzzle we have read about. We shall see. xox