Australia Australia - Peter Falconio, 28, Barrow Creek, NT, 14 Jul 2001

[pauldking]

Bradley also work for the Main Roads Dept in regional WA and there is a photo of him in one of their meeting rooms. Former colleagues can't believe he would want to draw attention to himself while doing a dakka run...

 

[crazychris]

I don't think he did either. Joanne knows more than she's saying.

I believe he faked his death with her help and the couple really did see him buy a soft drink and bar of chocolate,

 

[TootsieFootsie]

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[BreakingNews]

I do not believe Murdock murdered Falconio. The red car with the floppy person in the back has never been followed up. The truck drivers missing statement pages never followed up. The small amount of DNA found on Lees shirt could have been from a drug sale. She admitted smoking dope, so it was bought from someone.
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[Two SCents]

I was reading yesterday the kombi was found in bushes 5kms from where they were pulled over and Peter was shot. BJM drove the kombi 5kms and then walked back to his car where JL was supposedly still in the back. Just one detail which I can't fathom

 

[CSIAngus]

The accepted narrative is cobblers. She who is considered a victim, is the perp. IMO.

 

[Dedalus]

I've been thinking about this for years and it's hard to recall another case where there have been so many theories.

A murder that took place in Scotland in 2004 (Alistair Wilson) bears some similarities. Dozens of fanciful theories were suggested and several books written but nearly 20 years later police homed in on the mundane premise that he was killed as the result of a dispute over planning permission between the victim and a hotel-owner opposite (previously a friend).

The description by Veronica Wilson of the man who shot her husband dead on the doorstep was very vague, she refused to appear on TV until a year later (and appeared very nervous when she did) and her version of events was not convincing at all. The police now have someone in mind as the killer but cannot obtain absolute proof.


Yet if she knew who the killer was and/or what lay behind the murder, a misleading description is perhaps understandable. (Surprisingly, she continued to live at the same house.) Could this go some way to explaining Joanne Lees' behaviour - Brad Murdoch was involved somehow at some stage (hence the DNA on the T-shirt) but she didn't want to identify him until he was arrested?

On the other hand, there are a few red flags; no fingerprint evidence. I'd have expected some prints to be found in or on the camper-van.

Colleen Gwynne taking over the case with lip-moisturer conveniently discovered near the murder scene and the 'manacles' being brought into Murdoch's cell (extremely unprofessional) are others. The case against Murdoch essentially hinges on the stain on the T-shirt and the question arises as to whether this was planted in the form of samples when Murdoch became a suspect.


Witnesses reporting the 'ute' driving north while the camper-van was still at the side of the road means that either the ute returned later or JL moved the Kombi into the bush.

The other troubling factors concern the absence of Peter Falconio's possessions and the suspicion that he was involved in carrying or dealing drugs. Several people have pointed out there was no bag but I haven't been able to verify this. No bag would suggest that he may have been driven away, albeit injured.

I'm not convinced that there was a sufficient amount of blood to signify death or that JL's account makes it very probable he died of a gunshot at the scene. Proving Murdoch was solely responsible beyond reasonable doubt falls at the first hurdle, in my view.

 

[CSIAngus]

I agree with all of that.