I keep thinking why did he leave bloody clothes with stab holes but not body. Sloppy or on purpose?
And why he called attention to Keanae at all. He didnt have to say they were there for his truck. (And maybe she wasn't ever there?)
And he brought her family and friends there in days after to search.
Did he do it there or just plant evidence there?
Did he want them to find the clothes and jawbone either way? Did he do it there and he wanted them to find the clothes and jawbone and not body? He wanted people to think he killed her but not have body to convict? The ego on him and he is sick. I don't know.
I'm so glad you brought it back to these questions. It would help so much, I think, to know how it happened. It's not full closure but it would be a big step. I hope the police and the family who have more information do have a good theory on this.
Why did he call attention to Keanae?
My spec: that was the story he told her on the phone. She was at her sister's house when he called. He didn't know if he was on speaker, or what Charli told her sister before leaving there. Probably best to assume the story of going to fix his truck there was shared, so he had to stick to it and say they went out there.
>>> Did he do it there or just plant evidence there?
I tend to think he planted at least some of the evidence there, but he, or they, must have gone out to Keanae that Sunday night. Charli's phone pinged there at 11 PM, and her dog was found in Nahiku Monday morning. They might have gone out there together in her 4Runner, and if so he likely killed her there. He could have killed her at his home or nearby, and then driven out there with the phone and her dog, and with or without her body. He could have done whatever he did with her remains there or back in Haiku or thereabouts. If so, he might have transported part or all to the site at some point before the first find on Thursday late afternoon/evening. If he did go back, maybe the same night he torched her SUV, before Wednesday night discovery? Or was it torched Sunday and not found? Wasn't there info that he had his truck detailed at some point? Anyone know when?
>>> Did he want them to find the clothes and the jawbone?
Maybe. He didn't like her family. He felt hostility from them, he said on Thursday. Maybe he wanted to taunt them and hurt them. Maybe he believed he could not be convicted without her body found.
Maybe when he saw the intensity and thoroughness of the search, and the media focus, he wanted the searchers to know she was deceased, thinking it would stop, maybe thinking he had it under control and he couldn't be linked.
If it did all happen on Sunday night, it seems like he would have needed help. That jungle is tough to navigate even by daylight. I just think it would be very risky to plan to go out there, and have lights on that could maybe be seen by drivers passing by. Seems more possible he went out there to do something quickly, not long and complicated.
Refresh on the timeline of that week:
Feb 9 - Sunday she is last seen. Her phone pings near Beach.
Feb 10 - Monday her dog Nala is found 12 miles east in Nahiku, neither tired nor dirty or distressed, but this is not immediately connected as her dog.
Monday a member of Charli's family comes to SC's work at Mana Foods and tells him Charli is missing. Family and friends are searching. Later in the day he takes them out there to Keanae. Parents file missing person's report. Mother later says Charli did not tell her parents she was going to see Capobianco that night.
Feb 11 - Tuesday the police show up at S.C.'s home "at 5:30 in the morning" and question him. At some point he takes polygraph.
Feb 12 - Wednesday night the 4Runner is found torched and on its side.
Feb - 13 Thursday (afternoon), SC is interviewed on phone by Mileka Lincoln and tells his story.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/24721045/exclusive-ex-boyfriend-of-missing-pregnant-maui-woman-speaks
He mentions he is no longer searching with family because they are "getting hostile," but he has "ventured out" on his own.
Around dusk, at Nuaʻailua Bay just East of Honomanū, Phaedra finds bloody clothing, blanket (maggots), empty duct tape rolls, black men's jeans near the area SC showed them and the phone pinged, and takes them to police station.
Feb 14 - Friday the police conduct search where items were found and find Charli's jawbone, a tooth, and a blood sample that are reported later in the media.
The grand jury indictment charges that SC murdered Charli sometime during the period from Feb. 9 to Feb. 13 -- that is after she left her sister's house and prior to the discovery of the clothing. It is possibly telling that they state it as a window of time of 3-4 days and nights.
There is a lot of great analysis in these topics. I was thinking maybe a post with a list of pros and cons for the murder occurring where they found the evidence or somewhere else closer to his home. Maybe someone could start it and people could reply and add to it.
