You make massive assumptions, I have never suggested the family planted anything, I just said I find the whole episode of the finding, examining and collection of the moderator unconvincing.
Police say they didn't take it which means it would still be there at WHF.
The family say because police left it and the other items they found the items and notified police.
The police admit they were notified by the family and passed the message to the detectives
Jones said he received the message from the clerical workers and ended up going to Oak Farm and decided to take it
Because it was late Jones and crime scene officers were gone Jones waited until the next day to give it to them, turning it over to Cook.
Cook says he took it to the lab on August 13 which is confirmed by the lab and documentation. There is documentation proving the lab notified police about the finding of human blood on/in it and paint on the knurled end.
As a result on August 14 police were sent to WHF to take paint samples and find the source of the paint. Ann Eaton says she was phoned by them and asked to allow them entry to take the sample which she did.
What is problematic with this account? There is various evidence which establishes certain things happened for sure like the lab testing on the date in question and the passing of the results to police the next day. COLP had records of such and used such records to question the police.