Not disputing you at all. I am just saying that the heart does not always stop as soon as a person stops breathing. In most deaths, it takes a few minutes.
I don't know how it happened, and we may never know, but there has to be a way to explain the blood matting her hair, the way her body was lying, and the fact that she drowned, yet no water in the tub and it being dry. Some stoppers are not airtight and will allow the water to leak out slowly over a period of several hours, but one would think that there would still be some moisture trapped under her body where it made contact with the surface of the tub. I'm not a ME, but I know that I've seen a bar of soap left in the tub when the water had drained out and the underside of the soap is still damp the next day, while the top is dry. Does blood dry out sooner than water? Why would her hair still be wet and matted with blood, yet no water in the tub? Maybe there was never any water in the tub to begin with. So how did she drown?
I can't believe they actually investigated this in the beginning and were not required to explain any of these questions.
I haven't been posting a lot in this case, although I've been following it every day.
I have a theory about how Drew killed Kathleen based on all the testimony so far, but especially from Dr. Blum.
Looking at the facts.............Kathleen was found in a fetal position in a dry bathtub with her toes pressed up against the side at a 90 degree angle. Her hair was damp, there was a two-inch gash on the BACK of her head, a large bruise on her buttock, numerous bruises and abrasions on the front of her legs and arms and a bruise on her torso. Blood from the gash had trickled into the tub and pooled undiluted. Dr. Blum said the wound on the back of Kathleen's head was caused by an object with sharp edges as the wound had a clean edge. There was water in her lungs.
The bathroom was pristine, with bath items on the back side of the tub. There was no bath mat or towel. If she removed her clothing, there was no pile of clothing found in the bathroom or bedroom.
In the kitchen there was a glass of orange juice on the counter and a mug of water in the microwave. In the bedroom there was a can of Spotshot spot cleaner.
I believe there was a confrontation in the bedroom between Drew and Kathleen and there was a struggle. I believe he hit her on the back of the head with a heavy object rendering her either dazed or unconscious. He dragged her into the bathroom and put her head in the toilet and held her head under water. It's possible that if she were dazed she fought back and Drew may have hit her again.
Drew then placed her on the floor and removed her clothing. When a person dies their bowels and bladder often eliminate. So her clothing would be soiled in addition to any blood from the wound and perhaps torn. He placed the clothing and the object he used to hit her on the back of her head in a bag, which he took with him to be disposed of. Had he left Kathleen's clothing there, it would have been evident that she didn't die in the bathtub.
Then Drew dragged her body to the bathtub and place her in it. He then cleaned up any signs of a struggle. In the bedroom he cleaned up several spots with the carpet cleaner, Spotshot, that was found there. He cleaned the bathroom, leaving it spotless with nothing out of place.
If Pastor Neil Schori is allowed to testify, he will testify to what Stacy told him. She told him that she woke up one night to find Drew gone. He wasn't anywhere in the house. She called his cell phone numerous times, but he didn't answer. In the wee hours of the morning he came home and dumped woman's clothing in the washing machine. He told Stacy that if she was questioned, she was to say that he was there asleep beside her all night.
This theory would explain why Kathleen's hair was still damp. If there had been water in the bathtub and her head wound had trickled blood into the water, it would have become diluted and drained away with the rest of the water. I don't think there was ever any water in the tub that night. The blood trickled from the wound and pooled undiluted in a dry tub.
Dr. Blum examined the crime scene photos and I believe he visited the house and viewed the tub. He couldn't find any object that would have caused the gash on the back of Kathleen's head.
It goes against logic that someone hits the back of their head and then falls into a fetal position. It's more likely that they would fall backwards, sprawling and in the process knock items like bubble bath, shampoo, etc. off the side of the tub in the process.
Also, if a person is planning on taking a bath they normally will place a bath mat down and have a towel nearby in preparation.
This all adds up to a murder staged to look like a bathtub drowning. A good investigator on this case initially would have been able to note all the discrepancies.
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