I think ‘desperate’ is the key word here. I’ve noticed that Pattis does this to himself sometimes, what’s known as projective identification. Perhaps it’s from spending too much time on his analyst’s couch each morning?
Desperate indeed, NP and FD, to learn what LE has on FD so they can move forward on a defense. Because as FD said, he “knows what he did and didn’t do” and he’s desperate to find out if and what LE knows and doesn’t know, too.
NP: “The state seems desperate to develop an accomplice in the case, rather than refocusing its effort on trying to build a case based on available evidence.” Hmmm.
Available evidence, shall we review:
-blood and cleanup indicating serious physical assault in JDs garage the morning of May 24; FDs DNA found on her kitchen sink faucet the next day, mixed with her blood. Witness heard FD mention being concerned about not wanting his DNA to be found inside house two nights before.
-FD and MT on camera dumping bags of JDs bloody clothes and cleanup equipment with JDs blood that night
-doctored license plates registered to FD found in storm drain on same street FD and MT seen in truck and where JDs bloody clothes were found
-witness found knife and bloody pillow in same trash bins where FD and MT seen on camera dumping
-FD in contentious divorce from JD and due to show incriminating financial records in court week following JD disappearance
-FD owes JDs parents huge sums of money and being sued over that
-JD statements to court that she feared FD would harm her as a consequence of her leaving FD
Ok so that’s the available evidence, at least that we and NP know about so far.
From NP, we’ve heard Gone Girl and revenge suicide and MT will say that she was at home with FD that morning (even though she was returning a purse and at the grocery store), and that FD was meeting with a lawyer who is now also a potential suspect.
Now there’s a case based on available evidence for you!
And oh yeah, by the way, if you must ask, the evidence of FD and MT dumping JDs bloody clothes on Albany Avenue is an “anomaly I can’t explain”. Excellent use of available evidence to build a strong case! Is that what we’re taught in law school as the “inexplicable anomaly” defense? Works like a charm every time! Those mysterious Greek tycoons sure are getting their moneys worth out of the defense counsel aren’t they?
Clearly NP is going bonkers and trying to drag something, even some tiny sliver, of information out of LE, because until he knows what they know, he doesn’t dare to make a misstep that might screw over FD.
Colangelo gave NP the “no polygraph” clue under pressure. NP probably breathed a sigh of relief- he’s figuring that if MTs cooperating or has something valuable to LE, then they would’ve given her a polygraph. Aha, so they haven’t, maybe she’s still on our side, he’s thinking. But polygraphs don’t carry that much weight anymore anyway, and Colangelo could have chosen what he wanted to give up as bait, he’s not stupid. NP is really grasping at straws here, IMO.
Squirm, baby, squirm. The more you flail, the more it shows how desperate the defense really is.
MOO, of course.
