How long had the victim been dead by the time the body was discovered? ...What is the alleged time of death?
ToD claimed to be 5.15pm, body found at 11.30 - 11.35pm. No time of death ever established.
How many times was the victim stabbed? Additionally, which parts of the body sustained stab wound injuries, and at what angle were they inflicted? Did the victim have any defensive wounds, or marks?
Cut-throat injuries, 12 - 20, claimed to be "bi directional" - alost decapitated. Knife forced into her mouth, piercing a tonsil (but not damaging teeth). 2 severe cuts to the abdomen, one to the left breast, slashed cheek to lip, earlobe, smaller cuts to forehead eyes, bridge of nose, hairline. Defensive wounds to arms were extensive -left arm almost cut right through. Angle of all other injuries apart from throat never ascertained. Bruises to back of hands and knuckles.
Was the killer left handed, or right handed
Never established.
Where were the victims clothes found?
Bra, one strap cut through, the other missing, hooks pulled out of shape, pants, t-shirt cut into two pieces, shirt and shoes all within a few feet of the body. Glasses (one lense broken, legs bent outwards) and two one pound coins found a little further away. Hoodie further away still. Other bra strap discarded in some foliage.
I take it, his brother Shane did not have a regular girlfriend at the time of the murder? If he wasn't watching porn at the time Jody was being killed, I should think it is a huge clue to his culpability. How did he know what time Jodie had actually been killed, to make him introduce his own alibi, and contradict his younger brothers alibi? If phone records were checked, and he had a mobile phone, I reckon its odds on that he was with Jody when she was killed. That's my take on it, anyway.
Shane had a very regular girlfriend. He didn't introduce porn, the police did, 10 months later, from internet records. "Watching porn" is also very misleading - records show he connected with a number of
car sites, with what appear to be "pop ups" of a few seconds each appearing intermittently over the 15 minutes or so the internet was connected. These are the "porn sites" which allowed the prosecution to introduce the whole "watching porn" story in order to undermine Luke's alibi.
I do need to read up some more on this case, I agree, I was just giving an insight into my thoughts based on the little I know thus far. To me, Alarm bells ring when I find out one brother introduces an alibi, at the expense of his younger brothers alibi, with little regard for the consequences for his younger brother. From what I have read about the case thus far, I don't like the sound of Shane, what he has said, and the reason for saying what he said. His account is too pat. He appears to have known about the actual time of Jodies death, whereas in contrast, Luke simply has no idea, hence why he maintained he was at home preparing tea, with his mother, and big brother. I believe Luke has told the truth about this, it is true because Luke didn't have any involvement in the attack on Jodie, but his brother Shane, probably did...
As previously, he did not "introduce an alibi" - for 10 months, police accepted that he came home from work around quarter to 5 (fitting with other witness statements regarding when he left after looking at the car), went straight upstairs, washed his hands, and went on the internet (fitting with timings of logs etc) - there was no time for Shane to have been the murderer if Jodi died at 5.15pm.
Phone logs were never sought - it is known that the technlogy existed in 2003 to have tracked movement of phones, but it was not used - the defence was refused funding on the basis that their chosen expert (probably the leading UK expert at the time) was too expensive. Jodi's phone was broken, so she did not have a phone with her. Luke did, as did Janine, and Alice Walker. Kelly said he did not have his phone with him.
