I wonder if the black sheet was taken from an airing cupboard or a bed. If it was taken from a bed, maybe that's where Tia died and that's why Hazell used the sheet to wrap her? Of course, if that's the case, then she could have been sexually assaulted and tried to fight back / scream, and he had to get her to keep quiet.
I don't like to think of this scenario because of how terrified Tia would have been. Other suggestion (think I've already said this) is that he was drunk, and Tia was irritating him by playing with her phone, or doing something else that annoyed him, and when she didn't stop doing it, he lost it, hit her, and it went too far.
The funfair story had me intrigued. First I heard about it was during the interview. He could argue that the reason no one remembers him and Gran asking about Tia is because it was so busy. I wonder if the funfair was en route to Tia's mum, if so, he'd have seen if it was busy or not and been able to decide whether it was safe enough to pretend they'd been there.
The phone. They drove straight to Tia's mum from the fair to report her missing? They knew she didn't have her phone. They knew she had no way of contacting anyone if she was in trouble - and yet Gran didn't ask to be dropped back at the house just in case Tia came home. Why, because she knew she wasn't coming home?
Did anyone watch the video clip of Hazell in the off licence? He seemed to be swaying towards the end of the clip and acted pretty drunk. Would anyone here seriously think it's okay to leave their child with someone who behaved like this? Clearly not a first-time drinker!
Also, I presume Hazell didn't ever have a close relationship with his dad, or else wouldn't he have been able to live with him for a while instead of being homeless? I'd like to know more about Hazell's parents and his childhood. I suspect every single person that's related to anyone of the extended family members we know of so far, have all had issues of abuse or neglect or something in their past. History repeating itself, maybe?
I hope he pleads guilty and doesn't try to get out of what he's done. The Mail (taken with a big sack of salt) said he seemed very emotional and that his voice cracked when he confirmed his name and address. As he won't have been drinking since Friday evening, maybe he's finally sobered up and realised what he's done. Let's hope he gets a conscience and doesn't try and weasel his way out of it.
Every time I see a picture of his face right next to a picture of Tia's innocent young expression, and think of the nightmare he must have put her through in her final hours, it makes my blood run cold.
which was almost certainly the object of the exercise. I have no doubt that the police knew exactly where she was.
