He arrives in town on his own.
Why didn't he come with his mates ?
I too have pondered this. Maybe he just wasn't as popular as we've been told. Or maybe he didn't feel like joining the crew that night. Certainly odd that an organised group would go ahead into town without one of their own.
He parks in a Disabled Bay.
Is he coming back to his car before the restrictions kick ?
Strikes me that he may have done this so as he had somewhere to kip after his night out and then drive back to base before the restrictions kick in. It looks as though he parked in an empty street in the first bay closest to the road where Flex etc situated. Also shows a total disregard for rules IMO.
He sits and drinks in his car for an hour.
Pre loading ? Depressed ? In no rush to catch his mates ?
I think if you've missed your mates and this is organised then surely you'd be in a hurry to catch them up. Why sit for an hour drinking unless you are a) depressed b) angry in which case, why didn't he turn the car round again and go home? Is that why family were on the phone so much that day?
He is asked to leave Flex early
What was his behaviour and state of mind like in the club ?
IMO bouncers don't throw you out for being drunk otherwise they'd empty the place. Strikes me there was a potential for an altercation. Angry with fellow squaddies when he eventually caught up with them or something else?
My question is a) why did none of them back him up b) no single camp mate leave with him c) the whole group leave???
He stays in Bury for two hours
Is he waiting in Bury for someone ?
Big question and one that makes no sense. Surely you'd take your food back to your car and sleep it off in relative safety and warmth unless as you say he was supposed to be meeting someone somewhere.
He walks into Short Brackland
Is he going for a pee or to meet someone ?
This is where I'm thinking of his slightly furtive stroll across. I think someone who is necking alcohol in a car, parking in a disabled bay, thrown out of the club is a risk taker and if looking to urinate would just do so. Why did he run/jog up to the point where he then strolled across? Why then look up in the direction of the camera? Was he looking at it as the movement or sound startled him? Did he hear or see someone coming along behind him? Did he go there to move out of eyesight of other revellers walking along - didn't wish to be seen? Did he see the bikes in the rack and take one, hence faster journey between BSE and BM? Not car pace and not walking pace but somewhere inbetween? Did he run/jog away from the person or persons he may have had an altercation with in Flex, hence going around a dead end to hide?
OR did he stash a bike and backpack there with change of clothes and make his presence felt by deliberately missing lift with lads, parking illegally where his car would eventually be found, playing games in Mamma Mia and getting thrown out of Flex so that he would be remembered at a later date?!? Is he AWOL? Was his drinking a sign he wasn't coping with military life? Was the dog because he was lonely - cut adrift from family. He's very young and I felt disconsolate at times when I lived away from home comforts.
You see, the police can't just say "clearly this is murder". He could have gone absent without leave. He could have gone somewhere with someone and had an accident trying to get home from there.
There are a thousand an one things to consider, taking everything as equal. The police cannot simply be directed by what the family tell them happened...when in truth, no body knows.