If the body was left on Christmas morning, like I really think it was. All I can say is the Police concentrated their efforts on weekend 17th-19th (especially Fri 17th) I don't think the true picture of this shallow snow cover all week was really taken into account, especially regarding an undiscovered body for 8 days. I may be wrong. But I'm sure the truth will out eventually. I've always had serious doubts the correct body disposal date was being looked at.
So many confusing puzzles to this whole case aren't there??
The LE will have an idea to when JY was placed at the deposition site the reason the snowfall.
Up to 5 cm's of snow fell over Bristol over Night this would make it the 18th of December Friday the 17th at midnight had just passed making it the 18th that the snow fell, and 2 cm's fell on the Saturday Morning of the 18th of December.
If Jo was placed at the deposition site on the Friday Night before the snow fall before, then it snowed over Night then the ground underneath where JY had been placed would be bare of any snow, and the ground would be as it was before it snowed,JY's body would have stopped snow going underneath to the ground where she laid, and that means JY was placed there before the snowfall, if snow was underneath the body then JY was placed there after the snow began falling over Night on the 18th of December, the LE would have had expect's brought in on the snowfall.
A cadaver dog would be able to locate if Jo laid deceased in any Property that VT was connected too, or out building's,or vechicle's, or of any if VT's clothing had the scent on,although he could have got rid of any clothing.
After death body temperature begins to drop chemical changes in muscles begin and autolysis advances, this is the odour that a cadaver dog mark's,the body temperature has to start to drop and continue to drop for the chemical changes to take place.
The odour does not start immediately and takes approximately one and half to two hour's as the body temperature start's to drop,so if no odour is marked by the cadaver dog in any property, or out building or vehicle connected to VT or clothing, then Jo was removed from these location's or one of these location's soon after her demise and placed in the lane.
The LE must have substantial and good evidence, to get the CPS to allow the LE to charge someone with murder.