Theory, MOO, of how Saturday/Sunday may have gone down. It is a far fetched theory but I put it together trying to use the info we have as of now.
Presuppositions:
- MG has a crush on BM which he has been nurturing because it strokes his ego. She will do almost anything for him.
- SM is upset at BM. It is MD weekend, her daughters are away, and BM has worked Friday night, Saturday, and will be working on Sunday.
Saturday morning BM picks up MG for work at the Salida site. He’s left SM home, angry at him.
He gets a hold of JP and asks if he can work on Sunday.
To get SM off his back BM decides to go home and play nice with her for a couple of hours. Meanwhile, she is at home texting her bff about the upcoming wedding and telling her how ticked off she is at BM.
BM goes home, tries to placate her, takes her to lunch in town. When they get home BM figures he deserves a little hanky panky for his trouble. Instead, SM get right back on the phone/FB with her bestie. He is enraged, maybe slaps the phone out of her hand, she pushes back.
He gives her a shove and she falls hitting her head against the stone fireplace.
He is now in panic cover up mode.
He begins cleaning up.
Maybe he drags the body out to the garage (or to the spot where the antlers with the skin attached were later observed leaning against the house). He may have put the body in a cooler or coolers using some of his tools to dismember her.
He realizes SM was in the middle of a convo when he slapped the phone out of her hands. Her phone is broken. He impersonates SM on her FB using his phone and tries to close out the conversation. It sounds strange to SM’s bff. He also sends out some friend requests so it will seem like SM is still alive and well.
He needs to get rid of the body.
Maybe he does something using his bobcat.
He then brings the bobcat to the Salida site around 11:30 pm and swaps out his bucket or other attachment with the one in Salida so if LE checks his, there will be no evidence on it.
He goes home to Puma Path to finish cleaning up.
He needs to be out of town the following day when SM is reported missing. He stays up most of the night planning out his strategy. He decides to use MG as an integral part of his alibi. He drives to her house at 4:00 am but then thinks better of it and texts her instead to arrange for the work crew in Broomfield.
He then drives to Broomfield himself possibly discarding evidence along the way.
He is supposed to bring the bobcat with him to complete the job but can’t because of the swapped attachment.
He checks into the HIE, cleans his tools, and collapses for a few hours on the bed.
Later in the day he puts the bike story in motion.
He leaves Broomfield before the work crew shows up.
JUST A THEORY. MOO