I am sure the hard working sloggers down at Stanley Street cop shop drew straws to see which compatible couple could do with a few days up at the Lockyer Valley, laying down the stress of the job.. play the baby grand, do a bit of pottery, check out all the floorboards and cupboards, check under the beds, and go thru the garage....as one does....
Even if they didn't, you'd think they would have canvassed the idea, and that the accused would have expected that LE might try this.
Even if the Police paid/compensated someone else (directly or indirectly) to do it, or persuaded someone else to do it as a favour, or for leniency in any current or future charges they might face?
They could do it, but not as Constable Nosy and Sergeant Busy...the would be Mr and Mrs Happygolucky, from Grafton... they would be covert. .They could not remove anything from the property, but they could make notes....
And be permitted to use luminol, inspect the plumbing, and search any out buildings and the grounds for discarded weapons or other related items, I'd hope. Does the property have a septic tank?
It will be interesting , SA, to find out just where Frances Crawford was murdered.. Him saying she was alive earlier should be taken with a dose of salts, too. He's been spinning a yarn from the start, and it's way past time to clear the whole thing up. She may have been dead for some time, much earlier than 3.40am
Maybe he didn't want to drag someone else down.
I think these were Bumble-Bees
