Refresh my memory, was that open basement window seen by anybody, BUT John?
As I recall, FW and JR had just gone to the basement after LA told them to "take a look around". The open window was in the "train room", just to the right of the wineceller; it is the room that also had the suitcase, I believe. It was JR who called it to the attention of FW, and then he immediately added that he had broken it himself that summer; he didn't recall whether he had asked their housekeeper's husband to fix it.
This whole conversation took only seconds; immediately after JR went to the wineceller, followed by FW, and "found" his daughter.
One thing I have never seen was any comments from FW rebutting JR's claims that he had to untie JBR's wrists because they were "tighly bound" (his words). We all know that her wrists were NOT tightly tied, because there are no marks on them but also because rigor mortis was advanced and her wrists were 17 inches apart. One wrist had NO ligature and they other was very loosely tied. The cord was so loose it could have been slipped over her wrist without untying it.
It would have taken some time for JR to have untied them; he also claims to have untied her legs and pulled the tape from her lips.
FW was right behind him; if JR had done these things, he'd have seen it.
Also, nothing was ever mentioned about her legs being tied together. LA mentions her arms being up with no support, as well as the cord hanging from her neck and wrist, nothing about the position of the legs. Are they apart or close together, as they would have been if they were tied.
We know FW has said he picked up the tape and looked at it, then threw it down on the blanket, where it is seen in the photo. This would mean his prints should be on it, as well as JR's, who also admitted handling it. What I am thinking is that if FW did NOT see JR pull the tape off of touch it then- and JR's prints are on it- that would mean that JR handles the tape BEFORE "finding" the body. And we all know what that implies.
Has anyone seen anything about whose prints were on that tape?