Yes and considering Suzanne was murdered. Well.
Yes thank you @SouthAussie that is exactly my point.
True. @Seattle1 had mentioned something about the differences in Melinda's earlier statements vs. the interview with Chris twenty days later. I didn't fully appreciate that until I looked back and read everything together. It means nothing, I was just clarifying for myself. Melinda would never have thought Suzanne would be killed, clearly.
Agree and has been previously discussed she did not elaborate on what Suzanne was afraid of. It could be the obvious…that she was afraid of leaving Barry and striking out on her own. That would be a common thing a 50 year old SAHM might feel after decades of marriage. If Melinda felt Suzanne was in physical danger or the conversation tilted that way I am of the opinion Melinda would have had a different reaction. But she has also had private conversations with LE so has been able to convey her thoughts at that moment in time which is what is important in my opinion.
Something else caught my attention in this article under Data Storage and Transfer: “Some have internal flash storage, but most use Micro SD cards so you can archive your recordings if needed.”
Could the defense be viewing the "critical" nature of the evidence to mean that they intend to challenge its admission...and that is what is critical about it?
I think Barry would have an exit strategy...(which we may have already seen)...and I don't think he would tolerate or allow Suzanne to have an exit strategy. I think that however this marriage was going to end, it would be on Barry's terms, not Suzanne's.Something else caught my attention in this article under Data Storage and Transfer: “Some have internal flash storage, but most use Micro SD cards so you can archive your recordings if needed.”
If it was Suzanne’s spy pen, could there possibly be even MORE recordings stored on her computer?! The pen can only hold a limited amount of data so depending on when the spy pen was first put in use, Suzanne could have transferred and archived multiple other recordings to her laptop using a flash drive or micro SD card. I think you can plug certain flash drives into an iPhone too.
And some spy pens also have cameras?! Just because it wasn’t brought up at the hearing by IE doesn’t mean there isn’t also video with the recording. Maybe the video was clear but the audio quality was poor? I wish we knew what model spy pen this was! If there was something really bad going on (abuse or something illegal involving money) and Suzanne was advised or decided on her own to purchase a spy pen to gather evidence, then she might have invested in a really good quality spy pen.
If she suspected Barry of something else like having an affair then she might have bought a cheaper quality spy pen just to confirm her suspicions. But I don’t think infidelity even matters anymore when filing for divorce. Especially if they were married for 25 years the Judge is going to follow the law and divide their assets equitably and that’s it. Judges don’t have time to hash out who did what to whom in every divorce. And unfortunately a wife isn’t entitled to more because her husband is a low down & dirty cheater. Catching your spouse having an affair can be devastating but sadly it happens all the time for many reasons and the blame game can get complicated. No I think there was something much more serious & sinister going on that would matter in a divorce. Something that threatened her safety & security or possibly she wanted proof that she was not involved in something illegal Barry was doing. If he was using her money and signing her name to things without her consent then her future might have depended on proving it. And once she had proof then she was going to file for divorce. Maybe she had consulted with an attorney and was working with him to obtain evidence. Could her attorney be the crucial witness she was speaking to in the recording? Could Barry have found out somehow that she was planning to leave him so she needed to expedite her plan or perhaps Suzanne had gotten enough evidence and decided it was now time to execute her plan and the time had come to tell Barry she wanted a divorce?
Maybe that’s what she texted Melinda. Something like I haven’t told you everything that has been going on in my marriage because I didn’t want to burden you or make you worried but Barry has been _______ (fill in the blank). And I have made the decision that I want a divorce and I am going to tell him tomorrow while the girls are away and we have time alone together. She might have said she was scared of what his reaction will be. Maybe she wanted to give her sister a heads up in case she needed a place to go if Barry flipped out? Melinda said Suzanne was ready to share some things she had held close to her chest. Melinda said she texted Suzanne back that she needed to pray on it before she responded. So maybe Suzanne was asking her sister’s advise about how to tell him. Maybe she asked Melinda if she thought she should just leave and serve him with divorce papers or tell him in person? Or something like that…I’m only speculating but Melinda said Suzanne wasn’t in danger so maybe Suzanne said everything is okay here in the house right now but I know Barry has a bad temper so I’m not sure how he will react or what’s the best way to do this. For whatever reason she texted Melinda instead of calling her. It could be because Barry was home so Suzanne texted Melinda so Barry wouldn’t hear their conversation and then Barry read her text on Saturday and lost it?
Probably depends on what “man” is talking. It is really anyone’s guess at this point. But for some reason it caught the defense team’s attention so you can bet it alerted the prosecution and they are now listening to the enhanced version also.
I think that man listening with headphones just has to be Barry.
It's likely pivotal to the case, as in, extremely damning. I think you may be right and they'll try to challenge the FBI (or was it CBI) 'enhanced' version. I doubt it can be challenged, with today's technology. Grasping at any and all straws.
"It could be the obvious...that she was afraid of leaving Barry and striking out on her own."
I believe Suzanne’s fear was that she had some damning evidence of criminal wrongdoing by Barry regarding their finances. I believe she was fearful of being a part of it. Add that to domestic violence and BM bring a controlling person and I’m sure she shared that much with her sister. Maybe Barry knew he had to do something right away. i.e. murder.
