Assuming the bike was, in fact, staged, I’ve always thought that the “staging” might be that it was intentionally damaged to suggest an accident. But I would expect forensics to be able to determine whether any damage observed was logical or not. As with blood spatter analysis and accident reconstruction, I’m betting there are things like scratches, the physics of forces needed to cause dents to rims and spokes, peddle, handlebar, and seat scuffs, the handle bars out of alignment with the wheels, etc., that would be expected in a natural accident and that a lay-person may not be able to adequately mimic when crafting their story.
Also, when I think about BM stopping short in his impromptu interview when describing how “the wheel was pointed...”, I was expecting him to finish with “...this way but the handle bars were pointing that way...” Something he maybe shouldn’t have known?
MOO, as always.
