I stand corrected
She does indeed use the term 'very worried'.
Although reading the statement, I still didn't feel a sense of utter urgency. But it's there 'very worried'.
To me though, this whole statement doesn't have a ring of trying to make Jeremy look bad, if it does anything at all, it highlights the unusual mood of Sheila, and the concern of her mother (and presumably father).
Certainly doesn't put Pamela in the 'out to get Jeremy' team.
Wouldn't you think other members of the family (e.g Pamela and Robert) might think "hold on Ann and David, we know what you're after, and you need to stop it now". Would they all just stand by and let Ann and David claim everything for themselves and put Jeremy behind bars for life"?
Pamela doesn't seem to have been too involved in the aftermath. I think she went to the police station with Robert once, but I'm not sure what she said. She was perhaps more grief stricken than the rest of them - after all June was her only sister, and they sounded close. Robert Boutflour on the other hand seemed very determined right from the start to pin it on Jeremy. I wonder what Pamela said about that.
I also wonder if June had mentioned to Pamela that Jeremy had been there that evening. If he was habitually there in the evenings perhaps she wouldn't have.
You're right about Robert, but in his defence he did also seem to say (between the lines) "I was sure he was involved, or even did it, and a looked damned hard to prove it!... but couldn't see any traces of his path to / from the house". He could, had he a mind to do it, have 'found' *wink wink* something. But he never did.
I can only conclude from this that he believed in playing by the rules.
I'm also not sure if his suspicions started before the silencer, or after. If it was once the silencer was found, then I can understand him starting his own little investigations... I'd be inclined to do the same.
The other thing with the silencer....
So they found it... in a cupboard, in a box - what made them start looking at it closely? and thinking "oh there are fleck of paint on it, and what looks like blood?" Perhaps the marks were quite noticeable, but I'd always envisaged that you'd have to be looking for them to see them (could be totally wrong).
So here's my problem with it.
a) Why start having a good look at it? (at WHF OR at home)
b) If you found it, and thought it important - why take it home at all, and not do the 'don't touch it - call the police' routine (as every movie, even mid 80's always showed).
c) It's not clear how much gun stuff the police ever took away. Did they take it ALL away and just left the silencer? in which case, yes I can see how they thought it important because it had been missed. But if the police had left lots of other gun related stuff at the house, then why deem that silencer to be especially noteworthy?
