The following sequence of events occurred:-
07.15am - Sheila placed rifle at window, as a signal that she was prepared to give herself up, and allow ambulance crew members into farmhouse to provide immediate care to a victim or victims who had been shot by that stage...
7.37am - Cop shot an unarmed Sheila in kitchen, and mistakenly presumed her to have been killed (rifle still at upstairs window)
7.38am - two bodies downstairs, a dead male, a dead female, a murder, a suicide (rifle still at upstairs window)
8.10am - the other three bodies were located upstairs, five dead in total (rifle still at window)
8.44am - police surgeon, Dr Craig, PI Miller, view Sheila's body on far side of the bed in the main bedroom, sporting a single gunshot wound by that stage. Craig pronounces Sheila dead (rifle still at window)
9.13am - Sheila's body removed from bed and placed on bedroom floor. The rifle is brought from window and placed onto Sheila's body for gauging purposes. Whilst her fingers are being manipulated upon and around the trigger mechanism, and muzzle of rifles barrel beneath victims chin, the weapon discharged a shot which penetrated into Sheila's brain, and killed her instantly. Rifle was immediately removed and placed at the bedroom window...
10am - PC Bird photographed the anshuzt rifle against the bedroom window as per photograph number 23 (master copy album)
10.20am - rifle brought from bedroom window and placed onto Sheila's body by cops who tried to make it appear that she had taken her own life with use of 'that' gun...