Found Deceased Australia - Stephanie Scott, 26, Leeton, NSW, 5 April 2015 - #1 *Arrests*

[Freya1977]

Has there been anything in MSM indicating that the laptop was Stephanie's? I've seen a few comments here referring to it as hers, but as far as I have read, thst hasn't been confirmed. It could be his laptop, it could have contained evidence...

 

[loveamystery]

I find this really disturbing

The cleaning firm that *employed Stanford said he passed compulsory police and employment checks before he began working for them last October. It is understood the police checks only look at a person’s criminal record in Australia and not Holland, where Stanford lived until 13 months ago. The checks cleared him to work with children at Leeton High School.
...
A spokesman for the Office of the Children’s Guardian said: “A NSW Working With Children Check is a prerequisite for anyone in child-related work in NSW. It involves a *national criminal history check and review of findings of workplace misconduct.

“The result of a Working With Children Check is either a clearance to work with children for five years, or a bar against working with children. Cleared applicants are subject to continuous checking for relevant offences by NSW Police, and relevant new records may lead to a clearance being revoked.”'
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/stephanie-scotts-accused-killer-vincent-stanford-allegedly-had-photos-of-a-burnt-body/story-fni0cx12-1227297895294

So a man who had no history at all until 13 months ago was deemed eligible to work around children. :banghead:


I don't get it. Why would he leave blood all over the back of his car when he had access to her car? The only other thing they have is a photo of a partially burned body that hasn't been ID'd. How did he manage 2 cars?
Is there a connection to the person in a white ute dumping a laptop into the canal near the place where Stephanie's car was found? Does that match the description of Stanford's car?

I won't be sure they have the killer until forensics are back. There may be more to this.

(Maybe I have been watching too many episodes of "Unusual Suspects")

 

[Freya1977]

I'm not sure why you don't seem to get this. He killed her at school. Put her in the back of his car (hence the blood). Drove her car to the farm, then walked back to the school to his car. Then he is free to dispose of the body literally anywhere.

No need to be rude...

 

[Fence Sitter]

I keep having this horrible thought. Imagine if he decided to confess where the body was tomorrow? That would just be unimaginable.

 

[fruity]

But it doesn't make any sense for her to have picked the keys up from him. Why would the police say that items linked to Stephanie were found at his house - including the keys she borrowed - if he owned (or was in charge of) them? Why would that be newsworthy? In a murder investigation, being in possession of your own keys is not something the police will think is significant.

 

[Trooper]

Has there been anything in MSM indicating that the laptop was Stephanie's? I've seen a few comments here referring to it as hers, but as far as I have read, thst hasn't been confirmed. It could be his laptop, it could have contained evidence...

not that I have seen ,... one assumes it is, I suppose.. the thrower looked like the suspect.. Of course, it isn't set in concrete that the pic of a burning body on his phone was , in fact, Stephanie's body... it could have been some thing he liked the look of and placed on his phone.. * .....

 

[fruity]

Has there been anything in MSM indicating that the laptop was Stephanie's? I've seen a few comments here referring to it as hers, but as far as I have read, thst hasn't been confirmed. It could be his laptop, it could have contained evidence...

IIRC they haven't said that it is definite yet, but a guy in a white helix dual cab was seen throwing a red laptop/iPad into the channel, and the photo of the police divers retrieving it clearly shows a red laptop/iPad. It seems like too much of a coincidence IMO.

 

[Amee]

4:42PM

Police divers have pulled what appears to be a red laptop from an irrigation canal near Leeton during their search for school teacher Stephanie Scott.

Police divers search for Stephanie Scott's body as focus turns to vineyard

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/police-di...-focus-turns-to-vineyard-20150410-1mhzs1.html

 

[fruity]

I keep having this horrible thought. Imagine if he decided to confess where the body was tomorrow? That would just be unimaginable.

I actually had the same thought. I must admit, I said a little prayer that if that does happen, they don't tell the family. I have no idea how ethical that would be, or if they could hide any news from the media ... but I just really hope that tomorrow isn't the day her body is found.

 

[fruity]

Leeton remembers Stephanie Scott, with respect

By Joshua Lang

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-10/lang-leeton-remembers-stephanie-scott-with-respect/6382550

Beautiful article.

 

[Amee]

Mr Lyons said that the man was wearing a baseball hat and sun glasses. He also said that the man was driving the same white Toyota Hilux that police are seeking information about.

The laptop was found about 5km away from the field where Ms Scott's red Mazda sedan was found dumped on Thursday.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...red-leetonVincent-Stanford.html#ixzz3WtBP1riW

 

[Belz]

I keep having this horrible thought. Imagine if he decided to confess where the body was tomorrow? That would just be unimaginable.

Ugh I really hope he doesn't :maddening:

If he does, I think that says a lot about this murder.

 

[Xantara]

I find this really disturbing



So a man who had no history at all until 13 months ago was deemed eligible to work around children. :banghead:


I don't get it. Why would he leave blood all over the back of his car when he had access to her car? The only other thing they have is a photo of a partially burned body that hasn't been ID'd. How did he manage 2 cars?
Is there a connection to the person in a white ute dumping a laptop into the canal near the place where Stephanie's car was found? Does that match the description of Stanford's car?

I won't be sure they have the killer until forensics are back. There may be more to this.

(Maybe I have been watching too many episodes of "Unusual Suspects")

Yeah, the logistics around this, with the two cars and bits and pieces of evidence scattered all over the place, and other things not hidden well at all ... is very confusing!
Maybe this guy was under the influence of drugs or something and wasn't thinking very clearly throughout this period??
Even to just rock up to a canal in your ute in broad daylight and throw the ipad away - that's if it was him - is pretty dumb! If the witness could see him (reasonably clearly, from what he hear), could he not see them??
Apparently one of the others teachers had seen Stephanie at the school at 11am. So he was damn lucky that he hadn't been busted, if he confronted Stephanie there. Sounds like she was not the only teacher who was on the school grounds that day.
Wonder where his mum and brother were all of Sunday, while this was going on??

 

[Trooper]

This is the worst case ever, just the worst. I can't believe he wont even tell them where she is. I just can't even stand the news reports on this one, just rips your heart out. I can't help thinking of Jill M too, and I wonder if her husband will reach out to Stephanie's fiance, I tend to hope so, nobody else could understand what each has gone though

Howdy, Mrs G.. I would assume that by now, the NSW coppers would have let his mother, and his older brother speak to him, on the off chance that he may crack up and spit it all out, but apparently not.. .. some of them play it this way, hey? .. the swine.

 

[loveamystery]

Oh, I get it. You're talking about her scheduled wedding day. I don't think it really matters, it will be horrible whenever it happens. I think they would rather know what happened sooner than later.

I'm still hoping there is no body. It could be animal blood in the car.

 

[Fence Sitter]

Ugh I really hope he doesn't :maddening:

If he does, I think that says a lot about this murder.

Yep. I keep having an inkling this was slightly personal. I dont think it was planned but i think the motive will be interesting.

 

[Makara]

Beautiful article.

I thought so.

 

[fruity]

The twin brother has his FB profile pic on DM and the main page of ninemsn.com.au. Methinks someone from DM was reading here last night.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...her-mum-arriving-town-just-13-months-ago.html

 

[Freya1977]

IIRC they haven't said that it is definite yet, but a guy in a white helix dual cab was seen throwing a red laptop/iPad into the channel, and the photo of the police divers retrieving it clearly shows a red laptop/iPad. It seems like too much of a coincidence IMO.

Oh yes, I think he has definitely thrown it in there, but my thinking is that it may not necessarily be hers....it may have been his, and there was something on it he wanted to get rid of...I'm just keeping an open mind right now. I think there is a great deal that isn't being reported in MSM.

 

[Xantara]

But it doesn't make any sense for her to have picked the keys up from him. Why would the police say that items linked to Stephanie were found at his house - including the keys she borrowed - if he owned (or was in charge of) them? Why would that be newsworthy? In a murder investigation, being in possession of your own keys is not something the police will think is significant.

Maybe just for the fact that, having the keys, he would have been a person who could have let her in to whatever part of the school she needed to be in? So he could have been a/the person she would have had contact with in some form, to get into the school.