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For any of the reasons I mentioned below. Or just to buy time while they figure out their next step, such as where / when to drop the body. Not sure what you mean by the “agreement is for her to be alive” part but I don’t think it’s a ransom situation or the kidnappers would likely have...

If they killed her, they could just be hiding the body somewhere for now but plan to drop it somewhere that it will be found in the near future.

Maybe they didn’t want other family members to have to find her body if they went to her house? Or they thought they might have left DNA / clues on the body that would lead to them getting caught? Or they wanted to trick / distract LE by making them think it was a kidnapping for ransom? Not...

I agree with you about the fiancé possibly going to the gym as an alibi and to give himself time to come up with a plan. The Hulu docuseries said it was the building’s policy that the doorman could only leave his post if law enforcement came. The rules dictated that he had to call a maintenance...

There was a big pool of blood in the photos where her head was probably initially on the ground. There was also a stream of blood on her face that the private investigator said in the Hulu docuseries that it indicated she was initially lying on her back and was moved to be propped up against the...

Yes, the Hulu docuseries said he was trying to get into the apartment for about an hour. The doorman wasn’t allowed to leave his post and had to call a maintenance person to try to help Sam. But I guess they were unreachable or busy because nobody showed up.

That was only one explanation — the medical examiner also offered a couple of other possibilities. So it wasn’t a sure thing. (At least according to the Hulu docuseries.)

The current governor, Josh Shapiro, was the Attorney General at the time and seems to be involved in botching the case. 🤦🏻‍♀️ He was shown discussing it in the Hulu docuseries.

I had the same thought. Also, the way he told the story in the 911 call, with the whole narrative about him going to the gym, coming back and finding the door locked, then finding her seemed like he was trying to get his alibi on the record. I know we don’t know how we would react in this...

There was surveillance footage from the building that showed him going there via the elevator.

I agree, it seemed like she was in the middle of preparing fruit and her fiancé could have sneaked up behind her and stabbed her in the neck or strangled her. Some of the experts on the Hulu docuseries said there was some evidence of strangulation.

The private investigator who worked with her parents said it seemed like evidence that she was initially lying flat and her body was moved to be propped up in more of a seated position.

There was no chain of custody on the computer. Her fiancé’s uncle, an attorney, went into the apartment after and took her laptop with him. Then he later turned it into the police. So he could have fabricated searches on there after Ellen’s death or Ellen’s fiancé could have done it before or...

That's possible but if it was vacant, why would the garage door have been open, not closed? Usually garages like this don't have any windows or anything, just the large garage door is the only way in. And why would 2 children have gone into the random garage too and found her? Very strange all...

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