Patsy was by all accounts an untidy person. The whole family was not in the habit of putting things back in their places. All the R housekeepers have said the same things.
Patsy didn't leave the pineapple bowl out deliberately nor did she forget to hide the evidence. It simply was not in her practice to put those things away and she never thought it would play a part in the crime investigation.It wasn't something she was worried about or gave a second thought to. Unlike the flashlight, which was possibly the bludgeon used to fracture JB's skull and was very likely the "strange, moving light" seen in the kitchen by a neighbor. The wiped down batteries fairly screams family involvement to me. No intruder needs to wipe the batteries.
Believe me, the Rs were very surprised to see pineapple show up in the autopsy report. A simple bedtime snack, one she'd probably eaten many times before, all of a sudden becomes something to deny. Why? because they had to stick to their statement of JB being asleep when they got home and never being seen awake and alive again. This despite BR own statement that his sister walked into the house carrying presents.
What was the big deal with saying she was awake and had a pineapple snack? The way I see it, it brought the time of death too close to their arrival home for an intruder to have done it.
The lies became like ripples in a pond. One lie had to led to another.
Patsy didn't leave the pineapple bowl out deliberately nor did she forget to hide the evidence. It simply was not in her practice to put those things away and she never thought it would play a part in the crime investigation.It wasn't something she was worried about or gave a second thought to. Unlike the flashlight, which was possibly the bludgeon used to fracture JB's skull and was very likely the "strange, moving light" seen in the kitchen by a neighbor. The wiped down batteries fairly screams family involvement to me. No intruder needs to wipe the batteries.
Believe me, the Rs were very surprised to see pineapple show up in the autopsy report. A simple bedtime snack, one she'd probably eaten many times before, all of a sudden becomes something to deny. Why? because they had to stick to their statement of JB being asleep when they got home and never being seen awake and alive again. This despite BR own statement that his sister walked into the house carrying presents.
What was the big deal with saying she was awake and had a pineapple snack? The way I see it, it brought the time of death too close to their arrival home for an intruder to have done it.
The lies became like ripples in a pond. One lie had to led to another.