as is usually the case!! wonder why they thought it unlikely? its not unheard of, people cleaning themselves before suicide. Re prof bernard knight: is he quite a distinguished and respected pathologist with yrs of experience?
Well to be honest, such ritual killings are rare, and there are more who just kill 'en masse' than do so in a ritualistic manner... but SOME have been known to do it (which is all he really said).
There was no evidence that she'd exhibited ritualistic tendencies previously either (as many who kill in a ritualistic manner do have prior to killing).
COULD sheila have washed? yes
COULD sheila have have finished the ironing before she committed suicide? yes
I suppose she could have done the killings, had a shower, shot herself twice and hoped her hair would dry, or avoided getting her hair wet, managed to dry towels, or drip dried ... I dunno, all in all it was considered unlikely, esp if the evidence was pointing to Jeremy. And that's where it gets messy. Once the evidence points to Jeremy, 'other' scenarios start to become less likely. If the evidence favoured Sheila being the killer, then the shower scenario becomes more likely.
See what I mean?
The whole bible thing too... it's either further evidence of a ritual of some sort, or it bolsters the 'made to look ritualistic' theory. But if you've gone to the trouble to wash, and place a bible strategically by your side, do you then kill yourself in a quite awkward position, and do you attempt to do so with a gun/silencer combination that doesn't really work well (not easy to pull the trigger)?
