Now that the 911 call has been released and then going back over MP's final news interview, I think there's a MUCH clearer picture of what happened that fateful Saturday back in April. Following this case from the beginning, I was almost sure MP had harmed his wife. But knowing what I know now, I don't believe he did physically harm GP. Oh, he ACTED suspicious, but this is one time his lawyer did him absolutely NO favor by telling him not to talk to LE or the media. It definitely did more harm than good.
IMHO, if MP or his attorney or LE had been a little more up front with what transpired just before GP disappeared from site, someone, even on the www would have had the facts more clearly, which might have lead to the recovery of GP MUCH sooner. IF LE had put it out there about the sudden drop of altitude, people would have been looking MORE over the side of the road, rather than thinking she could be anywhere in the country other than SM.
I do believe MP thought GP was at the lake house that Saturday night and Sunday. I know he phoned and texted her with no response, but this may have happened before, ie an argument and she goes to the lake and won't respond to his contact attempts, until she was ready to talk. It appears she wasn't the one who told him, on the way home, that they were on their way back, but one of the children. He wasn't really concerned of the no contact, until the sis called and MP called AD and realized GP hadn't returned to the Lake. He may have still not necessarily been concerned enough to contact LE but did it at other's insistence. When he told AD she was 'ruining everything,' that did sound suspicious out of context, but now it appears he may have meant she was interfering in their marriage and this was norm and to but out. He just didn't say it very well............... Recall also, at that moment in time, MP did not realize GP was NEVER going to return, so he probably did believe she went somewhere else other than the lake house.
Sure, AD did jump the gun with her accusations, but MP did himself no favor by refusing to speak to her. Actually, getting an attorney and filing all the custody stuff etc., made him look even worse. I think he was just so concerned with HIS STUFF and kids, he acted irrationally to his own detriment. I sincerely HOPE that some def attorneys watched this case and IF they're ever in a similar situation with one of their clients, and they're absolutely convinced the client didn't harm the victim, that they allow their client to talk to LE and the media, rather than basically taking the 5th, without saying the words. kwim?
LE most likely did say something about a 12 to 14 hour cooling off, (I THINK they meant AT LEAST 12 hours) but not MUST. (meaning she HAD to return the kids in that time) I think MP took it literally MUST, because this MAY have been his final weekend with the kids before the couple separated, he was reported to have told GP he was filing papers early that next week. Unfortunately, GP was in such an emotional state that last day, after she dropped the children off (I do believe she was physically afraid of MP at that point) she just wanted to talk, ie to her cousin and sis. After she stopped at the little market (or whatever) she may have been driving and trying to compose herself and like LE said, suddenly swerved (perhaps to avoid something in the road) and over corrected. I've lost friends in one car accidents when they over-corrected and flipped.
This was a mountain road and the window of error is narrower than say, a desert road stretch.
I know MP has minimized AD's relationship, but I'm not going to get into that. I do believe GP was AD's bff and AD knew a LOT MP had no idea she knew. He knows he was in the wrong for the break-up for their marriage, but now GP is gone and he's left to pick up the pieces, so his news conference was a little of him trying to dispel rumors and in so doing he didn't discuss parts of his and GP's relationship, which frankly, is no one else's business, except that it ended up taking a large part of the past several months mystery of GP's disappearance. I'm not going to criticize AD for her relentless determination to find her friend, but I hope she will find it in her heart to, at the least, write a note to MP and apologize for her accusations, but in the same breath, tell him she was only looking out for GP and hopes he'll see her point.
OTOH, in closing, it would have been nice if MP had shown a little remorse for his role in all this. I'm not blaming him, please don't get me wrong. But he did do GP wrong and the last thing she was thinking about, was what was she going to do now that she'd lost her husband and was about to loose the life as she knew it? She was in a horrible emotional state. Just a little compassion for his poor departed wife could definitely go a long way in gaining some sympathy for him by those around him. NOT because his children have lost their mother, but because the woman he'd vowed to honor and cherish, was taken way too soon because of a horrible accident.
JMHO
fran
RIP Gail. You will be dearly missed by your loved ones. :rose:
