this seems really conveniently simple
the weird landlord who is a neatfreak (& the media just happens to mention that the tenants are slobs) and naturally has a key to the apt. and who coincidentally helps the b/f fix his car so he can leave town that day and who also when interviewed by the media, claimed that his statement to police was distorted
idk ... it all seems way too simple
I have him down as the most obvious and likely suspect - not because he is an oddball etc etc but simply because he was willingly interviewed live on tv in the same way Ian Huntley was and other killers who like to "help" the police .
Fair enough, what he said on live tv was seemingly contradictory to what he actually told the police and his neighbours but there is no denying he was enjoying the limelight.
Moreover, IMHO he had opportunity - Jo was killed by someone she knew and trusted - she either willingly let them into her flat or they gained entry by
not forcing the door.
Jo would answer the door to her landlord. If not, who apart from Jo and her boyfriend (who was 200 miles or so away) had a key to the flat?
My theory is - CJ was snooping in the flat when Jo unexpectedly returned home. He knew that her b/f would be away that weekend as he helped him fix his car for his journey to Yorkshire - perhaps he thought Jo was going too thereby giving him the opportunity to have a snoop around their flat seemingly without interruption.
Previous tenants have said he had a habit of letting himself into their flat without prior warning and without invitation! A landlord has to give at least 24 hours to enter the premises - CJ did not do this.
I've read through a lot of different media sources - I know you can't always believe what the media says but they do print things from ppl who know / knew him.
Some say good things about him and some, such as former tenants state how strange he was - refusing them blinds and curtains as it would seemingly hinder him peering into their flats.
Some neighbours state he was a nosey parker - always knew what was going on in his street so it's strange he was vague on whether it was actually Jo he saw that night or not.
Other neighbours state CJ was telling them he saw Jo and two others on the Friday night she disappeared
but he did not tell the police! His neighbour had to report it to the police! CJ then phoned the neighbour trying to play down what he had told them!
So the question has to be asked, why did such a vigilant man, and a man obsessed with crime prevention (he was actively involved in local neighourhood watch) feel it unnecessary to go to the police himself and tell them of his sighting?
What was his reasoning behind this uncharacteristic action? He leafleted ppl telling them not to leave their mobiles in their car to prevent theft so surely he would have been at the station telling the police as soon as he knew Jo was missing of his sighting?
As for motive? I don't think it was premeditated. As I said earlier, and as another poster said, I think Jo did catch him hiding in her flat. She was at home, relaxing with a drink of cider and she suddenly finds him hiding. She screams - hence the screams heard at approx 9pm by a partygoer at a nearby flat, and CJ panics and tries ti silence her.
I know it's innocent until proven guilty but most murderers are committed by ppl the victims know. The unforced entry to the flat, lack of struggle, no theft of possessions etc strongly suggest no stranger did this.
The body was removed from the flats unseen as well suggesting the killer had a vehicle close by. A vehicle which did not stick out as a strange or unknown in the street - that is, it being parked at the flats was not unusal and therefore it did not draw the attention of the neighbours. They would think nothing of it if a familar vehicle was backed right up to the front door of the flats...