Now about what happened when he came back that night. We learned so many interesting things last night from RaleighResident. He lives within view of their house I believe, and is a very ecclectic sort of guy with lots of personality. I believe him. He knows alot about what happened from either talking to people in the know or that did work in the house afterwards, I don't know. But what he says bears discussion I think.
The one thing he stated that made my eyes turn big was that Michelle was downstairs waiting for him to return. That would be from the 11pm call and might be why she was wearing that hoodie to go downstairs. She was expecting his return. RR alluded to the fact there was a missed swing thatended up hitting the wall and making an impression and it was from the weapon. I believe that. And he also said that the sheetrock that was removed was in the Foyer and not from upstairs. I always thought photos would be what they would want for study of the blood spatter and there would be no need to remove sheetrock for that!
This is one reason I think he had been drinking. He evidently took a wild swing. If he was planning to hurt her and was sober, he would have nailed that blow. Also about the drinking. I think he had time waiting around to come back after GA left and may have needed to fortify himself mentally for going back and either talking to her or killing her.
That leads to why he had the weapon in his hand when he was down in the Foyer with her. I think he came in from the garage door that opened into the Foyer {from how I interpret the floor plan we talked about here}. He could have picked up the Maglight and slipped off his shoes there in the garage {if they did remove shoes before entering the home which is very possible}. I still haven't figured out why he had this in his hands at that point, but it well could be he did plan to kill her, depending on something she could have said on the phone to him when he called her at 11pm.
So after the wild swing Michelle ran straight up those stairs to the safety of her bedroom and I think he caught up with her and he threw her onto the bed and held her down with his left hand. They struggled and she broke his hand free and so he nailed her in the mouth with the weapon.
The angles of the blows will tell so much. But I do think after that first belt to the mouth her arms went up so her hands could shield her face. It had already been hit which caused the blood in the bed. I think she tried to escape and get out of bed and fell in a real twisted angle with her hands still up and there on the floor he started to hit the back of her head. I haven't worked out all the sequence of blows yet.
One more thing. In the post RR lost over at CTV he said something like 'accidental disc_____' which I'm wondering was the word discharge. I'm thinking Michelles water broke in the foree.
