Too long for what was categorically too short: 44mins.
Skip this 44mins for now.
Let us go on just 10mins.
It took just 10mins of this party, starting on their walk together,
on Roansdyke path - for this discovery.
The police, (IMO) did not become suspicious because all four people gave the same
account - they became suspicious due to the vast differences in them.
Of the impossible differences.
It would appear, that in that first week, one thing became clear - that was clarification,
as to where everyone was.
Where they were, when this dog was up against this wall - scrabbling or sniffing.
It is dark. It is dreek. They are on an isolated path, out of all streetlight.
Importantly and vital, is this - They nor this dog are in this woodland,
this woodland is cut off from this path, by a 6-8ft high, thick wall.
In that first week, Luke gives an account of walking passed this V, not even 20yards.
He is with Kelly and JaJ.
The dog reacts.
Some 36-48hrs later he puts this into a diagram for his FLO.
X marks the spot.
We have this V. Some distance passed this V we have two X's, one on the path and one in the woods.
He describes this scenario as being parallel to the other.
That where he, Kelly, JaJ and the dog were, was parallel to where Jodi was, on the woodside.
This was a distance of some 13.6mtrs - 44 ft.
The other members of the search party have given their account.
They give descriptions.
Kelly describes this dogs head as being level with this V.
They give an account of the dogs leash being handed to AW.
They give an account of Luke going into the woodland.
They give an account of seeing him shine his torch to the left - of following the torchlight.
They give an account of continuing to walk this path.
That they had barely walked some 10-15ft when Luke shouts.
The police are right to be suspicious here.
If this search party had even been 10-15ft passed this V when this dog reacted, and they continued
as Luke claims, when he backtracked.
They would not have been able to refer this dogs head as being level with this V
They would not have been able to see the leash getting handed over.
They would not have been able to see Luke climb over, shine his torch anywhere, far less to the left.
These discrepancies appear to far outweigh what may tally.
It is not just the account of where everyone may have been, there is this timescale also.
The police are already aware of two main things, when those first accounts were given.
That first call to the police at 10.50pm.
That call to the emergency services at 11.34pm.
They know there has to be a level of organisation.
A timescale for everything to happen.
The main one, apparent, from the off - is that very short time frame, of all four meeting.
To that very call to 999.
On top of this - we have the claim of never been in this woodland before, by Luke.
Of not knowing of the existence of this V until that night.
One set of accounts - explains things as happening around this V point.
The other of it happening some distance passed.
This short time frame - can not be changed.
The short time frame - once over this wall, can not be changed.
There was no sign, at all - that the ground he entered, was unfamiliar to him.
The way I see, IMO, is - if these people had been in the actual woodland searching,
they would have been hard pushed, with the dogs help, to make this discovery as quick.
They were not, they were on this path - yet still, this discovery was made, very quick.
In a place, where it appears abundantly clear - this girl was left hidden.