Recent content by debbiediablo

IMO Alec will be protected by fellow inmates who will worship an outstanding jailhouse lawyer.

No one has said the knife was a Kabar only that it was similar to a Kabar and that even the ME can only describe the knife (length, width, serrated or not, with or without quillon, etc) but not determine the brand name.

Fight, flight or hide. We're hardwired for it. My youngest daughter and I were in a car accident; afterward we went to have lunch. She has autism and was so scared and upset that she fell asleep eating. Which is much preferable to a meltdown. John (johnmccauleyphd.com) was a longtime friend. He...

This house is confusing due to three floors that do not sit on top of each other and that most photos are taken from the north side of the house which always looks like the south to me. But Band Field sits to the north, and I always have to think twice.

I don't recall either of the words screaming and running being used in reference to a human, unsure about dog. Words matter. Screaming v whimpering and walking v running give completely different visual pictures.

Obviously keeping intruders out is better than a face-to-face battle, but assume the killer gets in, somehow. I know Ethan loved golf and have often wondered whether the end result would have been different if he had a driver and a 9 iron, one for him and one for Xana. I'm 72, and I use a...

The house is constructed so that there's no southeast side of the first floor. The first floor is on the north side of the house or the bedrooms are on either the east or west side. In this case, DM was on the SE side of the second floor but her original location (before she moved to a more...

This is laid out in the PCA, making it highly unlikely BCK wasn't in the house until about 4:04.

I'd love to see a cite on this.

I do think it's possible Kaylee left her own room to see what was happening across the hall, but even if she did, Murphy was above the kitchen, not DM's room. Maddie was above DM. MOO

IMO the MPD allowed everyone to believe DM was sleeping on the first floor to protect her, right up until her location and testimony was needed to put the suspect behind bars. Had her real location been released and had the suspect suddenly realized he might have been seen by a living witness...

No one knows when/why DM left her room or whether/how she connected with BF. DM has a lot to explain when she testifies, but I refuse to cast any blame in her direction. Four of the five people who encountered the murderer were dead within minutes. Whatever happened, DM could only save herself...

Ethan has a triplet sister, triplet brother, two half-brothers (one is married) and a half-sister who is also married. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/skagitvalleyherald/name/ethan-chapin-obituary?id=38105693

Xana's window opened to the north; Maddie's and Kaylee's third floor windows opened to the south. It's possible BCK didn't see Xana's light was on from the parking area south of the house (or maybe it wasn't on) or perhaps he initially planned only to target those on the third floor.