Maybe the chair was overturned and meant to be turned back but in the panic of getting the hello out of the house, the perp neglected to do so.
Or, maybe the purpose of the overturned chair was to make the scene so hinky that none of the dots connect. Two knives, two paintbrushes, some paint smears, an overturned chair, a cell phone on the floor, odd sets of footprints, a cryptic message, a towel left in the hall. Carefully wound bindings, a showered body.
I have not studied the facts surrounding suicides. However, I wonder how many of those who bind themselves have similar bindings to Rebecca. How many have painted a message. How many are naked women. How many hang naked outside?
I have a few thoughts about this that are nothing more than thoughts. I'm still on the fence about whether or not Rebecca committed suicide, although I have begun leaning towards her death being suicide the more that I read here.
Anyway, I actually have heard about quite a few naked suicides committed by women in Korea. My husband and I used to travel to Korea, China, and Japan quite a bit and you'd be surprised at the rate of suicides that happen throughout Asia. Women commit suicide just as much or little bit more, in fact, than men do in those regions. Almost all of the deaths are hanging, slashing the wrists in the tub, or leaping to their deaths, in the nude. Some of those suicides have had bindings.
I remember being in Korea when one woman was reported to have been found nude and bound, hanging to her death. My husband and I obviously assumed it had been murder, but our host told us that bound suicides were not unsual. Apparently, slip knots can be used so that hands and feet can maneuver just fine until the person leaps to his/her death. Up until that point, I had been very naive about suicides. I still am, to some degree.
I think we have to caution against judging Rebecca by our standards, because it should be noted that she was born in another country and didn't come to the US til she was an adult. What we might think a woman might never do, might be quite common in Rebecca's culture or mindset.
So I do believe Rebecca had the personal make-up for suicide, and that she very well could have killed herself in the manner that has been claimed. However, just because something's possible doesn't mean it actually happened, and I'm reserving judgement til more information becomes available.
