I've amended my list on why Julie identified the bodies. After reading AE's WS. As Hartley said yesterday 'it doesn't really matter' that Julie identified the bodies. Which I've ways agreed with .
Supporters always try to make a big thing of it. Jackie claiming 'Julie wouldn't have identified the bodies if Bamber was guilty'. I'm not sure how Jackie knows what Julie would do.
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AE asked her to.
The police asked her to.
Robert Howie volunteered but the police rejected his offer.
Saying 'no' would have been rude and unhelpful.
No one else volunteered.
Julie could identify the bodies apart.
She wanted to be helpful.
She was not as upset as everyone else. As was not related to any of the deceased.
She still didn't believe or was not sure Bamber was guilty.
She was not doing anything useful or constructive, as had been whisked over by Bamber. So offered, or was asked.
Bamber seemed to be coping well, and could cope for a short period while Julie went to identify the bodies.
She went with another relative to give moral support.
If she didn't go with another relative, then she would have originally assumed she would be accompanied.
She believed Bamber could be guilty, identifying the twins is no worse than being by his side as he acted.
Bamber didn't offer to do this.
Her WS was true and she felt she could communicate with them.
She offered in error. But couldn't withdraw once the offer had been made.
She wanted a break from the crime scene and police. Which was a situation she had not asked to be a part of.
She believed seeing the twins would help her come to terms with what had happened.
She was in the room when discussions about who would do this started. So not surprising she ended up doing this.
If not in the room, Bamber or someone else recommended to the police Julie could do this.
She had little attachment to the twins. They were her boyfriends sisters, sons.
Bamber had brought her over in a police car. She assumed this was so she could be helpful. Identifying the bodies is being helpful.
No one tried to stop her identifying the twins.
A combination of all or several of the above 24 reasons.