IMO,
Makes no sense..
Let me stick a glove on my left hand and be "so" careful and just wrap the other cuz it's seeping blood/wounded??
I get the glove probably wouldn't fit over a rag, however to think " I need gloves " wouldn't he do a better job than a rag?
But then of course this makes sense for the DNA but no print theory, IMO
Nope - as a scenario, that really doesn't make any sense to me either.
Not that it necessarily has to. SA doesn't strike me as the most intelligent or organised, so if he's responsible the pertinent question is whether it made sense in
his mind, not ours . . . It still seems a ludicrous thought process for anyone though LOL
IMO there are other more rational possibilities.
If we look at this logically, we have :
- A recreation of the blood smear from the outer part of a right hand, which does look incredibly similar to the original.
- The blood smear in a location that feasibly could be touched by that part of the hand if somebody was fumbling with a key in the ignition.
- Insufficient blood elsewhere in the car to support an exposed free flowing cut on the finger (i.e. If it was bleeding heavily enough to drip over the palm to that part of the hand, I can't see how there wouldn't be blood smears all over the steering wheel and in far more places on the vehicle than were discovered)
- An absence of corresponding finger prints.
That leads me to believe that the fingers and part of the palm of the affected hand were covered up - wrapped in a rag/cloth is still my best guess.
As for the left hand? Complete speculation here and I don't think we'll ever have evidence to support any of this, but the scenarios I was envisaging were :
(In order of what I consider most plausible)
> Originally wearing gloves on both hands and injures finger on right hand while gloves are in place. Tears glove off to inspect the cut and grabs something to wrap around his hand to stem the bleeding. Doesn't bother replacing glove or removing glove from left hand.
> No gloves involved. Has something wrapped around right hand to stem the bleeding from the cut, hence no fingerprints and limited blood from that hand. Being right handed, contact from the left hand is limited anyway, but being somewhat concerned about fingerprints he pulls a sleeve down over that hand before touching essential bits of the car.
> No gloves involved and no attempt to cover up or prevent bleeding. He does a cursory clean up of the car, but it's dark and he's not overly worried because he intends to crush it. What we see are the bits left behind.
EDIT: BTW with gloves, I'm picturing something like those plastic disposable things that they put by the pumps in petrol stations (in the UK anyway) or that you sometimes see mechanics wear. Not strong enough to offer protection from cutting yourself, disappear in seconds if burnt but enough to prevent fingerprints and I'd guess in plentiful supply at a salvage yard.
