ETA: Sorry Carla and BeanE: in the time it took me to draft this post, looks like you both have addressed most points upthread...:great:
Not sure it assists the sluething process to reword and/or put into a logical sequence the statements of a witness. Imo, it is no longer the witness's account at that point, it becomes our interpretation of it. I think the witness's own words and clarity (or lack thereof) need to be taken "as is" to preserve their integrity and value, for the Bobo case and any other. JMO. I say this because I am so confused about the statements released thus far that I found myself trying to make them fit into a scenario that I think makes sense, but realizing it's a scenario built on a house of cards...
Imo, we should be able to get a clear account of what should be a fairly simple chain of events which remains fundamentally consistent with time (from any adult witness). If that isn't the case, something is wrong with the reliability of the witness imo. It doesn't mean the witness is lying or doing something wrong (although that's always a possibility), but for some reason the witness is unreliable. I don't think it's the investigators' fault, the media's fault, or even necessarily the witness's fault. Some degree of inconsistency is always present between reporting sources early on, but the fundamental account of what happened should be fairly stagnant each time the same witness describes it, "this is what happened...", imo. Is Clint Bobo an unreliable witness? I don't know. He is certainly not a strong linear communicator, imo. I'm going to use his statements from JVM as a baseline. If the fundamental details of his story change from here on out, he will not be a reliable witness imo. For now, I am considering him a reliable witness.
I listened to the JVM interview. CB was clearly asked by JVM to confirm if the garage location, where he said he first heard voices and saw sihlouetts kneeling over what he presumed was a turkey, was attached to the house. He definitively said "yes". However, later he said that the sihlouttes and voices "were outside the house, inside the garage". I wish he would have simply provided more detail; JVM was clearly signaling that she was trying grasp the mental picture before she finally had to move on.
So, in his own words, Clint considers the inside of the attached garage as outside of the house. I do not know if the carport is in any way attached to the house and whether the "garage" and "carport" are different areas or if they are one and the same (and have just been referenced differently). Arghh. In either case, if the "garage" and "carport" are both attached to the house and Clint made the same statement to LE that he made to JVM, perhaps that explains why this case was initially deemed an attempted home invasion. Who knows?
Things I didn't know before the JVM interview:
- there was blood found in an area attached to the house/garage (Clint)
- the family has been told that blood found at the scene is definitely that of Holly (Dana)
- Clint was in close enought proximity to (presumably) Holly and a man to hear voices, but only saw sihlouetts initially (Clint)
- 2 sihlouettes were kneeling around what he thought was a turkey in the attached garage; he originally assumed the turkey was the source of the blood (Clint)
Things I don't know since the JVM interview:
- why did Clint call Karen since he claimed he quickly came to believe the voices and sihlouettes were those of Holly and Drew?
-where does the neighbor hearing a scream fit into the sequence of events and communication?
-did either Clint or Karen call Holly's cell phone right away? I would expect that to be their first course of action, yet neither of them mention Holly when they discuss the phone calls made that morning.
-was there blood in the attached garage and in the carport (assuming they are different areas)?
-did Clint indeed find a turned over coke can and where?
-did Karen and/or Clint contact Dana to inquire about Holly before calling 911?
I am admittedly stumped about what happened to Holly and just hope she is out there alive and found soon. If she's not alive, may she rest in peace and may her body be recovered soon.
