On the topic of livor mortis:
What the blood patterns reveal is that her position was not changed in the time when it is setting. Poster DeeDee249 (am I remembering that right?) gave a fantastic analogy that really helped me understand.
Imagine a bowl of jello. When it is in a semiliquid state, it will leave lines around the edges. If it is moved, you will see another line on the bowl in a different place. It is similar with livor mortis. If JB was moved into a drastically different position at the point where the livor mortis was forming, there would be different patterns. (Therefore we know she was never in the suitcase, probably never hung, etc.) The blood pools and where there is pressure you see the white lines. On JB you can see them on her back where her clothes or the blanket was wrinkled.
This does not entirely rule out the idea that she was moved. If she was deeper in the WC, all the way to the left but still in that position, she could have been gently moved closer to the door. she could have been moved in the blanket like someone suggested.
I think this scenario has some real possibilities. Look at the floorplan of the WC, the door is all the way to the right side of the room. In a completely windowless dark space, and perhaps not much ambient light from the rest of the basement, it is plausible that if she were deeper in the shadows she would not have been seen by FW. No invisible gorillas necessary![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
What the blood patterns reveal is that her position was not changed in the time when it is setting. Poster DeeDee249 (am I remembering that right?) gave a fantastic analogy that really helped me understand.
Imagine a bowl of jello. When it is in a semiliquid state, it will leave lines around the edges. If it is moved, you will see another line on the bowl in a different place. It is similar with livor mortis. If JB was moved into a drastically different position at the point where the livor mortis was forming, there would be different patterns. (Therefore we know she was never in the suitcase, probably never hung, etc.) The blood pools and where there is pressure you see the white lines. On JB you can see them on her back where her clothes or the blanket was wrinkled.
This does not entirely rule out the idea that she was moved. If she was deeper in the WC, all the way to the left but still in that position, she could have been gently moved closer to the door. she could have been moved in the blanket like someone suggested.
I think this scenario has some real possibilities. Look at the floorplan of the WC, the door is all the way to the right side of the room. In a completely windowless dark space, and perhaps not much ambient light from the rest of the basement, it is plausible that if she were deeper in the shadows she would not have been seen by FW. No invisible gorillas necessary