mikeymot
New Member
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2011
- Messages
- 281
- Reaction score
- 0
Hi Slewth..yes..seems less likely to be GR as time goes on. His 'accomplice' could only be the person who confirmed his alibi and the L/E seem (but who knows?) content with his account of his movements.Hi everybody! Time to throw in my two pennorth.
There are so many interesting aspects to this bizarre case. Focusing on just one for now: people are asking, why wont the police just eliminate GR once-and-for-all?
Well, the police must surely have established that GR has a cast-iron alibi it would be one of the more straightforward tasks in this intriguing case. He left Bristol at such a time as to be in Sheffield well before midnight. If hed hung around and not got away till say 10pm and everything seems to point to her having been murdered in the flat that evening, and carried off over the murderer's shoulder in the dead of night - hed have been arriving well after midnight. Things were complicated by the weather of course, but the police can factor that in (their own motorway patrols would be aware of how traffic was flowing on the route he took). Also, his mobile would have revealed his whereabouts, unless hed taken the battery out (as someone on here has already pointed out, I think).
However, the police may also suspect or know - that his relationship with Jo was not as idyllic as has been portrayed. The fact that he thought it was not untypical for her to ignore his calls - on this occasion for more than two whole days, even after his long and difficult journey through blizzards, and with her supposedly having time on her hands at home all weekend - speaks volumes. Its also consistent with the polices even considering as a possibility her having let a Facebook stranger(s) (how can you call them friends?) into her home without GRs knowledge. Think about it: even if hed thought the relationship was rock solid before he went to Sheffield, it certainly wouldnt have been after his return, once hed found out that shed entertained a stranger(s) in their own home behind his back. Hed have every right to feel disappointed in her - to put it mildly! I'm not saying she definitely did invite someone in, but then you don't have to, in order to conclude that all was not well with their relationship.
In summary, he has an alibi, but he may also have had a motive. Consequently, if he were involved, it could only have been through an accomplice unlikely, maybe, but I imagine the police cannot rule this out at this stage, hence, but only for this reason, cannot formally rule him out yet.
With regard to your other point about no contact after a long journey...I found that extremely strange as most of my friends (even those who abhor mobile 'phones) always 'check in' to confirm they have arrived safely with either their partner or family..well odd.