Jaycee 1992
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I agree that the marine apartments was a possibility where the car was parked up. The reason I'm not ruling out the links car park is due to the fact it is literally pitch dark and nobody at that time of year would have been using it. Even had he came out of the links car park and turned right he would not have been seen from Alistairs House as the havelock Hotel and the braeval Hotel would have been blocking his view. He wouldn't have necessarily pulled out of the car park turned right past Crescent Road, instead he would have joined marine road straight away with crescent road just of to his left where he could turn into , but clearly he would have by passed that.I absolutely agree on the route: If you look back through the posts, you'll see a map I doodled some time back. I am referring specifically to the Links Car Park (rather than the car park at the apartments); the latter makes much more sense - the killer is always heading away from the scene. If in the Links Car Park he would have to pass by the end of Crescent Road again.
I remain dubious about the Motorbike, the killer was wearing Jeans: while he might have had a layer below this, the end of November is hardy balmy conditions, particularly when cruising with a 50MPH wind (or more) hitting you.
Also, Motorbikes aren't exactly stealth vehicles: personally I would be more likely to notice a motorbike due to hearing it first: ditto where the drain was: there is no line of sight from the nearside house (Wall and hedge) - they would likely never hear a car, but you would hear a motorbike. Also by the time a biker dons their gloves and crash helmet, a car driver is already moving (even if they do so quickly). Hard to say what type of jacket the killer had, whether it was suitable for motorcycling. Also, if anyone saw a motorcyclist park up in a car park and walk away - personally I would see that as more suspicious - Motorcycles tend not to get left far from where the rider is going (if not taken right to the spot) - OK you might not know they are not going somewhere close (if seeing them) - but a car would attract far less attention.
Knowing several motorcycle owners there is a good reason they park them up around October (early). Misting visors, condensation, road spray with salt, sheer cold being the main reasons. (Of course, some people do use motorbikes in winter).
I genuinely believe the killer knew where they were going to plant the gun (The traffic lights force traffic to stop anyway) - we do not know how busy that road was at the time, it is conceivable the killer's was the only car on the move: if they could see the 'coast was clear' before dropping the gun, there is no reason why a car would be more suspicious than a motorcycle.
The only reason I'm skeptical about the marine apartments is due to the fact he could have risked been seen running on the pavement heading towards the car park there, it's also very well lit up (the car park) and he could have been seen by residents who were staying there. But again I'm not rulling it out.
For me you can look at both sides of the coin, would you be more suspicious witnessing someone pulling up infront of you in a car where the drain is located? , and spending a bit of time there - in hope that nobody see's you dumping the gun? . Or do you spend a little bit more time quickly putting your bikers helmet on in a pitch dark carpark where there is nobody about then drive to the drain and discretely dump the gun- and avoid any unnecessary attention to yourself or risk been seen by another driver/ pedestrian acting suspiciously?
If he did use a car then I can only assume due to the fact that the gun was found on the passengers side of the car, that he must have had an accomplice driver with him.