swedeheart
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You have a 3 1/2 to 4 hour window. That includes travel time, digging the grave, concealment and cleanup. At least 1 to 2 hours for digging a grave deep enough by hand to prevent carrion eaters from digging it up, depositing the body and filling it back in. Leveling the spot and concealment with rocks and debris is at least 1 hour to do a good job. Getting to the grave site and back is the remainder of the time. Afterwards tools may need to be cleaned, mud removed from boots, cloths disposed of or laundered, etc. That part can be explained away as part of the actors business. I wonder if the forensics team compared the dirt on the tools, machinery, boots, etc. to that of the river, beach area and land behind PP?
If we look at the beach, you have to ask yourself what contractor would spend the time and money to create a landscape feature as a "gift" for the customer unless there was the potential for a lot of repeat business. Profit is key, time and materials cost money. And why send someone to rake it at a later time? Hiding tracks and disturbances?
Or he could have already dug the hole in the days prior, which is bone-chilling, but a valid option, especially with him being a landscaper. I'm still curious to know where he put the body for that elk, bc I don't believe we know if that was something he found before or after she disappeared. Surely he didn't stray too far from the house with that. Suzanne might have witnessed her own grave being dug. *Shivers*