I just now read this thread. Thanks for the updates!
It is just crazy to think that if she "planned this for years" as the prosecutors claimed at first, that this just seems so one-brainer-stuff. Like she didn't even have a valid alibi ready. Starting with lying. As in: "really?". But I am not the one to decide, maybe thankfully, that is this the actual truth. But weird, just weird. I feel like I shouldn't watch, but I just can't help myself..
Like w h y !? why would she do that? the money is just a small part of it (MOO! that might be the motive she likes to tell herself, though she must have hated him, perhaps in a very deep level, for a while. A long while, is my guess. ).
Or/and could she have lived more than 60 years as a "cold blooded psychopath" (or something similar, as in a person with not much empathy), without getting in trouble with the LE?
Yep. Following now. Can't help myself.
It's all MOO, and I just read all of it that was there easily accessed, so I might have too much info in my mind for a clear enough picture. Just saying. I think many websleuthers can relate: too much too fast - syndrome
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@MessyLee ! And thanks for playing along!
There’s a story NB recites for why she fell in love with DB … she was in the tub and wanted him to join her. He responded something like, “I’ll be right up after I’ve finished making the hors d’oeuvres.” NB refers to this as though it’s extremely romantic. But I think this is a guy who likes cooking more than he wants a relationship. Run!
So, if this is NB’s idea of extremely romantic and love-worthy, IMO she was going to be very disappointed. He couldn’t give her what she wanted.
I think she hated him and planned this for years. There were so many ducks she had to get in a row to make this happen, including actually getting married (they weren’t legal until the year before his death), getting the deed changed, being off the mortgage, all those years of insurance. And I’ll bet she had earlier scenarios (the murder mystery writers’ cruise?) that she couldn’t follow through with.
As far as I can tell, the potential payout was approx $1.5 million….This was what she thought she had coming (which is what matters for motive), not what she might actually have ended up with.
On the psychopath front…Maybe not quite out that far, I dunno, but there’s gotta be some of that in the mix to be able to do this murder, right?
And maybe there weren’t enough people around her in close quarters to discern how dangerous she was? We’ll see if she has any friends for witnesses. Defense didn’t mention any in opening AFAIR. So, yeah, her real self may have been under the radar her entire life.
The Behavior Panel talks about “chameleon” people. I’ll see if I can find it. NB looks like a different person in every photo.
