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My expectation is that it will be an open verdict. With no witnesses of what actually happened for NB to be in the river a misadventure verdict is most unlikely. Possibly the court will find evidence of her state of mind and reach a suicide verdict or maybe death by accidental drowning but the...

Thinking about this, PF probably underestimated the effect that NB's long quilted coat would have when waterlogged in terms of shielding her body from his high frequency sonar device. Sonar works by bouncing sound off hard surfaces. If the coat was floating underwater next to a muddy river bank...

I could have told the police that this would be a very big ongoing news story as soon as it was on the main BBC website a day or so after NB's disappearance. NB, an attractive mum gone missing after dropping kids off at school, with very few clues to go on. If however the police had said from...

That was the tragic murder of Alice Gross. I don't think the timeline would allow for someone to hide NB's body on the river bed. But then nothing makes sense in this case.

I too have thought that maybe someone could have been attracted to NB, especially by her lively personality and friendliness which could have been misinterpreted. 'Stalker' suggests someone weird with an obsession but there is the possibility that someone she was acquainted with had unrequited...

The Channel 5 programme covered the reasons why this case has captured the public imagination. Essentially it was nice middle class woman walking a dog disappears, police stumped. The coverage by mainstream media is also astonishing because of the massive public interest in the case. I hope...

She must have walked that route hundreds of times. It's always possible to slip but I would expect to find some sign on the riverbank where she may have fallen and slid into the river. It has been extremely cold recently so the water temperature may only be around 4 or 5 Celsius meaning she...

Very good news that she's been found safe and well. Reading between the lines of the police statement and the emphasis they put on the help from the public it looks as if she was found with this man or at his property. I think she's had a lucky escape thank God!

I wonder if a handbag was found with the body in Brunswick Park. It could be that an expensive looking handbag could have made her a target for a robbery especially if she was seen previously at a cashpoint.

I think this pile of leaves is nothing more than the place where those who look after the park dump their garden rubbish. It will have fallen branches, leaves swept up from the paths, grass cuttings etc. Maybe a couple of times a year a council contractor will take it away. It would just be a...

Yes that one would be about the length of a forearm and would extend to about 2 feet. I've never seen the need for a steering wheel lock before but you do see them used on quite low value cars.

My thoughts are that it could have been a steering wheel lock. You can buy one from QVC and other retailers which is red in colour and about 2 feet long. It would make a lethal weapon.

It's worth remembering that before this sad case Kidbrooke was a backwater known only for one thing, the Kidbrooke Interchange. It is mentioned almost daily on radio traffic reports as a point of rush hour hold-ups or even more newsworthy when it is flowing freely. For anyone travelling South...

As I understand it, Ring products work on motion sensors so just record a minute or so at a time. The cctv that captured KS is a 24/7 system that has to save 1440 minutes of video every day. Plus the video clip we saw was at night when images are always of much lower quality. You also have to...

One reason for this is the 1987 CCTV is recorded on VHS tapes which could record similar to tv quality. The cctv in this case comes from cheap modern video cameras which use internet (IP) connections to record on a network video recorder. Depending on the underlying purpose of the cctv, the...