LE already knows whether JD was wearing that shirt on the morning FD murdered her. IMO there is far more evidence linking FD to the crime? Why? Because he did not have the time or skill to erase all forensic evidence of his crime. The evidence was "fresh" when collected and not subject to degradation. Everything discovered shortly after the crime will be a bonanza for LE.
Someone at school is going to have seen JD the morning of the murder. Someone is going to put JD in that shirt (If I were the prosecution, I would use the most "gut punch" witness available to do so when the time comes). DNA evidence is going to link both JD and FD to the evidence seized. MT may also be physically linked via the other contents of the bag. If MT isn't cooperating 110%, she is a fool...
The lack of evidence and the efforts to destroy/delete it will also be informative. If MT was in fact on the computer deleting files when LE entered FD's home, there is an excellent possibility those files have been recovered. Just ask the guy doing life for murdering his wife who, just prior to her murder, deleted the song "I Used to Love Her But I Had to Kill Her" (by AC/DC, I Believe). about what can be recovered from a computer!
If MT pressed delete, but failed to undertake a series of additional and very specific steps, those deleted files are now in LE's possession. Same with deleted texts. FD's cellphone is a small computer and, as noted by the Supreme Court, a "personal diary" which may contain significant information. It came into LE's hands very quickly-quickly enough for it to obtain a whole lot from it. With a warrant, of course.
My next observations are MY opinion and only that, an opinion. Sadly, I believe, more strongly than ever that ever that FD dismembered JD's body. Why else would he have removed her clothes? If he wanted it to look like a spontaneous murder/abduction, he would have left the body intact and at least some portion of the clothing nearby.
FD needed JD's clothes off for a reason; the reason had to be that the clothing interfered with what he was doing with her body. He needed her to be smaller than she was. Which leads me to conclude he wanted everyone to believe she was missing, which leads me to his parking JD's car in the park, which leads me to speculate that maybe it was FD who stole the preposterous "Gone Girl" plot device and urged it upon his counsel.
With JD missing, but not presumed dead, FD (thinks he) gets the kids, access to the trust funds, an end to the divorce, the potential dismissal of GF's lawsuits AND the added bonus of the adoring attention from being the "poor dad" whose terrible, selfish wife left him without a trace. Maybe NP is reading from the script that ND had already written!
If I am correct, it is no wonder FD "sounded excited" when he called the GAL the day after JD's disappearance. He WAS excited, because he thought he was getting away with murder. Bet he was furious when he arrived to collect his "prize"/his children from GF and was met with armed guards. I have never met GF, but I am in absolute awe of the manner in which she has conducted herself. She must be an incredible force of nature.
I could be wrong. FD could have removed the shirt because he knew his bodily fluids were on it. If that were the case, though, if the bra found in the bag belonged to JD, why remove her bra, too? We have to assume FD did everything for a reason, even if that reason makes no sense to us. There is no reason to conclude he remove her clothes for sexual gratification, but there is every reason to believe he did so out of anger, resentment and an overriding need to make JD pay for her defiance of his authority. Viewing his conduct in this light, dismemberment is the ultimate act of control, power over, and debasement of the woman who dared to stand up to him. It was his way to wipe away her very existence.
At this point, the tactics of NP, while perhaps an interesting distraction, are becoming increasingly irrelevant to the outcome of this prosecution. Some lawyers in his community speak highly of his skills, while acknowledging his strategy comes with substantial risk to his client. FP is not the first lawyer who has tried to get ahead of a very bad narrative by using the bully pulpit of media attention in a high profile case.
As the saying goes, though, "if you have nothing to say, it's best to say nothing at all." FP has already lost credibility before he has even selected the first juror. For instance, a shirt known to be worn by the victim on the day of her murder, bearing her blood, in a garbage bag that the state has VIDEO evidence of FD placing in a garbage can, in a town where he does not reside, and in a cans he affirmatively sought out to use, means nothing? It is "desperate speculation" to say this links FD to the murder ? Seriously?
This kind of stupid comment to the media does only one thing- make its utterer look like a fool and the client look like the unfeeling monster he is. With the release of this devastating information, NP becomes nothing more than a carnival barker, seeking to entice those willing to view his tired sleight of hand. "Ladies and Gentlemen, step right up as I claim JD is a Heroin Addict! A Gone Girl! A Neglectful Mother Who Abandons Her Children! No, no, keep looking at my mouth, ignore the DNA, the blood, the videos, the shirt, the auto tags, the statements my client made!" It is just pathetic, is what it is.
So I no longer care what NP has to say about his client's innocence. I will not allow myself to be distracted by every shiny thing FP dangles to lure the naive away from the truth. It will be NP's burden at some point in his life to decide if he has helped serve justice (in this and other cases), or merely manipulated the system for his client's advantage. For the rest of us, we can rest a little easier knowing LE is NOT going to let FD get away with murder.
Whoever is heading this investigation is a true professional and must have the respect of the men and women working on LE's team, The discipline in containing leaks has been impressive, but it appears the day of reckoning in coming near for FD. All the silly press conferences in the world are not going to allow FD to avoid his day of judgement. I hope JD's loved ones will find comfort in the knowledge that, once he is convicted, FD will never be able to harm an innocent person again. Small comfort, I know, but it is the best our justice system can offer.
