As I recall, McGyver originally had said that he saw Susan cleaning the paint tray and was surprised that there was no foil lining the paint tray as he had previously advised Summer to do so for easier cleanup. The discrepancy could be attributed to erroneous recording, or misunderstanding re: Susan cleaning and his noticing the paint tray. But what is weird to me is that originally the whole point was that there was no foil lining in the paint tray, alluding to the possibility that someone other than Summer had used the paint tray. Now we hear that he actually saw the paint tray and it WAS lined with foil, with dried paint inside it. Which I don't see as alarming at all, she had two small kids and could have been distracted and forgot to clean up the foil. So I don't know what to make of this. Would Chase have bothered to line the tray with foil?
From the Preliminary Hearing Part 2 related to McGyver
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Q And what did he tell you?
A So, when he went to the house, he met with both Joseph,
Sr., and Sr.'s, families. He said that when he arrived that
they were already, that Joseph Sr.'s, mother, Susan, and
Summer's mother, Blanche, had already started to clean up the
house because they felt that the family was still going to come
back.
He said that he quickly started taking mental snapshots
of things he noticed around the house. And said he believed
there was a futon cover for the futon in the downstairs living
area that was missing.
He said that another big thing he noticed was the paint
trays that were downstairs. Susan was washing paint out of
there. And McCarger believed that was suspicious, because
during the time that he was painting with Summer, she complained
about having to clean up afterward. So, he showed her how to
foil-line the paint trays. And he said it was -- generally
Summer would just have to wad up the tinfoil and throw it away,
instead of having to scrub the paint trays as Susan was doing.
