There you have it, that was the scenario, it will always be the scenario. He met the girl and murdered her, he set to putting alibi in place firstly by calling the Jones house. That was his first thought after carrying out the deed, 'I need to have this time frame covered. Make it seem I had not met her therefore not murdered her?'
Absolutely, that he then attempted to cross the road without being seen, make his way to being changed and initially cleaned. A car came and he put his head down. That he got out of that coat, and came back out on to Newbattle road, making his way down to the entrance. Placing himself into further alibi, placing himself in different clothing to that which he had been seen in, and placing himself away from there to be seen waiting somewhere else.
Once he had been seen, a safety time of alibi, he then took himself away from Newbattle road, for any further clean up, for putting alibi in place and disposal of evidence. That after he left the boys at 9pm he then had further time for putting anything else into motion. That he had communication with his mother, which was not about seeing if the girl had been to the house, but discussing anything to do with covering up whatever he had told her took place in that first hour?
And then we add in the missing clothing, the knife, his drug habit, the extraordinary stories of being idling about for the best part of 80mins. The absolute fact the girl had never walked the path to his alone before, that she had never failed to not turn up to meet with him. That he had been the only one contacted to know of any change in her punishment, she had no means to contact anyone else. Then we move on to that search and the absolute fact he lied, his dog had not alerted to any body, he had not been where he claimed on that path, he had no reason for knowing where to go when entering that woodland. The time scale there, seconds in that woodland, shown he had barely moved beyond that wall, that he could not have seen what he claimed and so forth.
That he most certainly did have another girl on the go, he was planning to spend a week with her. That JJ may very well have found this out, that a confrontation may have taken place setting him off. That there was talk of already falling out at school that day, was he already angry? Seeming confrontational when seen by AB, beckoning the girl to go to him. Adoration turning to confrontation for a lad who was shown to not handle confrontation at all?
And on it goes, by no means all of it - He had the time, he had both means and opportunity. The sequence of events and sightings tied in with this. We have LK hearing noises. We have no evidence, forensic or otherwise of any altercation taken place anywhere bar that bottom area of the woodland strip. There was nothing found pointing this murder elsewhere.
OK,as far as timeframe and scenario goes Parky,if you prove LM didn't have the opportunity one need go no further.Has this been proved? Well thats what we are trying to determine.Time was indeed tight to say the least.
You say 50 minute time scale,but the thing is LM was allegedly seen 30 minutes after the murder by F/W.
So everything has to revolve around that time from there on in,agreed? The 50 minute window of opportunity is broken up at this point,giving us a specific time and location after the murder has taken place.
OK,you have decided that it was doable for LM timewise,but you still haven't explained what LM was doing 40 meters up from the entrance to RDP. Did he cross the road there? I see there is a bit of a brae at the other side of the road,did he come over that brae and cross the road to the gate? And which route did he take home from the gate thereafter?
You go from 'a car came and he put his head down' to 'that he got out of that coat'.....I need the bit in between Parky,route from gate to house.Otherwise your scenario is incomplete.
Now,missing clothing.Well LM denies owning a parka till after the crime as you know and no debris was found,not much more can be said.
Knife? Well.to be honest,if I was innocent and being treated as a prime suspect I would get rid of any knives I owned too.Wouldn't you Parky?
Drug habbit? Drugs have been rife in Scotland for many years now.Was LM taking enough to turn him into a homicidal maniac? That would be a very rare occurrance indeed I would imagine,no?
Jodi never walked the path alone! All I can say to that is I have no idea.Had anyone ever met her on the RDP alone? Had any neighbours seen Jodi going to LM house on her own to meet him? No idea.What did the police determine on this issue? You say its an actual 'fact' that Jodi didn't ues the path on her own,but Jodi is the only one who could have answered that question for sure.
Search for Jodi? Well we know LM didn't lie over this issue,about Mia jumping up at the wall and Luke showing no emotion,the others changed their statements.
Luke Mitchell had another girlfriend and a confrontation set him off? Ok,dont know how many girlfriends LM had,but heres where we get a contradiction in the police case.Is it an unplanned killing where LM snapped and killed Jodi over girlfriend issues or is it a copycat killing of the Black Dahlia murder inspired by an obsession with Marilyn Manson? Which one is it? Cant be both.
Could it really have been a crime of passion in a sudden fit of rage,accidental you might say? Well no,obviously not.If that was the case Jodi would have been either hit over the head,strangled or just possibly stabbed.Luke would have immediately realised what he had done and panicked,leaving the scene ASAP. This did not happen as we know,the killer stayed at the scene for several minutes intentionally carrying out further obscene acts on the body.This was no argument that got out of hand,the killer,whoever it was new EXACTLY what he was goingto do to his victim,no doubt about it.So I think we can rule out the girlfriend nonsense,no?
Did LM really plan to meet and kill Jodi in this manner with the thought of getting away with it? How?
Did he plan to run home and wash, then burn incriminating evidence right away before Jodi's body was found? Was he counting on help from his family? What did he have in place?
We know he didn't have time to shower and burn clothes himself before being seen at the end of his street at 5.55. Did he just intend to bung the parka and other clothes into the fire and leave it? Had he everything planned for a one man operation? How did he know who would be in the house when he got back from the murder? When was he going to arrange an alibi? How did he know his family would give him an alibi?
There are so many things that LM could not have planned in advance.
Oh well,thats some questions and answers for you anyway Parky.