Excellent post Adam ...
Like Mike said it is arguably possible that she could have cleaned herself up after 4 murders ...
But it is obvious she could not have cleaned herself up after shooting herself ...
Is there any explanation anyone why her hands and night dress had no traces ?
I would love to hear anybodies theories on how this is possible ...
But for me it looks like it was either Jeremy and / or a hitman or one or more of the relatives ...
Even though Sheila discussed killing her children with her doctor the lack of hand and clothing traces from the last 2 shots cannot be explained by her cleaning herself up - so i agree Adam - it does not look at all likely (or even possible) that Sheila shot herself ...
But why didn't this lack of hand or clothing marks ring alarm bells with Essex Police ?
Or did it ? were they working on this when Julie and the silencer turned up ?
Any ideas on this Adam or anybody else ?
Once again - excellent post Adam ...
There is no proof, Sheila had a shower & changed while alive.
Some supporters suggest she showered/changed in the short time she had available between Nevill's call and the police arriving. To try to explain there being no forensic evidence on her that she had committed the massacre. Forgetting she couldn't shower/change after she had killed herself.
The evidence of her being found in her nightie & bare footed strongly indicates Sheila did not have a shower & change. It is too much of a coincidence she would change into the exact same clothes she would have gone to bed in at 10pm.
A shower would have washed any blood off her at the time. However it would not have washed gun shot residue off her. Or removed bruises, injuries or broken nails. Doubtful it would remove dirt & oil from under her nails either.
While alive, there is no reason why Sheila would want to attempt to remove all evidence she had committed murder. The murder weapon was going to be found on top of her.