Am poring over the info right now on the coffee/caffeine notes in re: the autopsy and the location from Suzanne's home on Puma Path to Poncha Springs, then all the way down to Moffat via 285, which at one point turns into CO 17. It looks like 285 merges into CO 17 at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Reserve. I speculate BM found "some spot" en route from his home and Poncha Springs south, taking basically the same roads that were taken where the body was ultimately found south of Moffat. So speculation, the point where the body had been located prior was along the route to Moffat, and he just took it further down south. There are very, very desolate old cemeteries near Villa Grove and Bonanza CO And what about dunes, what about a shallow grave in actual sand or at least sandy soil? What I've seen is that burial in sand can lead to mummification and "somewhat" delay skeletonization. Suzanne's body was not found for what, like three years? And it was fully skeletonized and the bones were significantly bleached. Mmm. I think a burial in sand is still possible, but it would be very shallow. And at first I doubted he could find a place in/near this Great Dunes National Park to consider, BUT it's thirty square miles of the highest and most massive dunes in North America. Wildlife includes black bears, mountain lions, badgers. Also of note: natural hot springs. They're down in that Moffat area, quite a few of them. And there are wild/primitive hot springs still in CO on public lands where you hike to them. They're off the commercial "grid," so to speak. Both the possibilities of the dunes and the springs woud promote bleaching. (And then there's that super important hot tub repair he was seeking.)
Thinking for a moment. If that BAM were still in Suzanne's system, would predators that might consume remains become impaired also? "Secondary poisoning." If so, he'd need some container to bury the remains in because that would draw attention. BUT there's also the other possibility of sprinkling bleach and/or lime over a shallow grave where the victim's remains were located. Doing this supposedly will deter predators.
I just read the indictment, BM evidently had some way of disabling the telematics. LE could tell because at certain points, the phone contradicted the telematics. Assuming there's nothing yielded for either of Suzanne's vehicles for this period, this phone/vehicle telematics contradiction only reveals imo that he had a way to disable them; we've got no idea LE's aware of all periods when he did disable them, and based on what they're saying in the indictment, I'd tend to assume he had some way of doing it. This is a cold dagger into the D's already flimsy case, jmo.
On the caffeine, with so many energy drinks on the market, I don't buy this idea that caffeine level confirms she drank morning coffee on Mother's Day. Yes, the cup was there, and it was strange that it was, but it's not necessarily from that morning. People who enjoy caffeine generally indulge in multiple sources of it throughout the day. There are few people that have "only" a cup of coffee. There are caffeinated beverages of all kinds. There are caffeinated chocolate liquers used in mixed drinks. Starbucks all over the place. A lot of people have coffee with dessert. There are energy drinks, there are energy bars and powders. Not putting much credence in the "morning cup of coffee." From the fact that all contact from her ceased the previous day-- and there were texts unread and unresponded to-- she was already dead by Mother's Day, and a lot of posters seem to already be on board with this.
Apologies for any repeated material or rehash. Just looked and I see
@Boxer mentioned the dunes before, and
@Seattle1, too, and I think some other people.
I’ve had a few awful thoughts of one of the many tall pines or fir trees used
Agreed. It's gone through my mind, too. (Apologies on length of post)
(transcript of a legal firms podcast on the BM first trial, found here).
