Lychee, this case has been the first I can ever remember observing, where the husband, the last to see the deceased, did almost all he could to make himself appear guilty.
I am still shocked by this behaviour, and intrigued by this case because that was what caught my attention in the first place.
Look at this list and see what you think-
-Husband calls 000 within an hour of noticing wife not back from a supposedly regular walking event
But you see in the context of marriage difficulties, anger, depression etc, if there arguments that week he would clearly have a heightened sense of what she might do. Clearly from the evidence today her depression was more serious that many on this forum thought.
-husband has claw-like scratched, horrifically visible to everyone present
Don't know about this to comment???
-husband calls wifes parents to say she has not returned- not to ask whether they had seen or heard from her
Again playing "devil's advocate" he wouldn't have been thinking straight
-husband fails to contact he best friend to see if she had any ideas.
That is the best friend that hadn't physically seen Allison since 3 February!
-husband tells friend during the initial crisis that he would be a suspect
Even this legal ignoramus knows that the closest relative is always the prime suspect in these situations
-husband engages not your run-of-the-mill lawyer, but a criminal lawyer
The police have made it very clear that they had early suspicions and this seemed to be clearly communicated to him. I would do the same. Let's face it I have no idea of my rights were I confronted with that situation. That doesn't prove guilt!
-husband refuses to provide a statement
Don't know
-husbands family refuse to provide a statement
As I said previously I'm not confident given the Facetime fiasco that the facts have been established on that one
-husband gives conflicting reports of the walk
Seems to be his word against a report of somone else of his word. What if the witness did get confused?
-husband and his family have nothing to do with the search and rescue operation, even going away during that period for a brief holiday.
My understanding is that in these situations of a large search the police and SES etc don't want amateurs helping. Maybe they offered. I believe the weekend away was after her body was found.
Could they have made themselves look more suspicious if they'd tried? No-one made them act this way.
In fact, apart from GBC telling Kerry-Ann that he would be a suspect, the police continued saying very clearly that he was not. (I'm sure he was, but they didn't publish this at all). He was in fact a self-confessed suspect and that is all.
I dont know who is guilty of this murder, (as there was no suicide ), or how many were involved, but I have to ask, if Gerards parents did believe he was not involved in any way, then why would they not help try to find her? Surely they didn't hate her to the extent that they didn't care that she was missing? Why wouldn't they assist police?
Whether this is guilty behaviour or not, it makes one do a double take, and they have no-one but themselves to blame for the reaction this brought about in the media, the public and the police.
Of course, after all that was the calling the insurance companies to notify of an impending claim, before the body was confirmed as being Allison. What I'm saying is, his guilty behaviour didn't end in the first few days.
