Tiger Stripes
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(SBM)Then factor in that as another poster pointed out, people accustomed to being physically uncomfortable would not be discouraged from that level of cold and wet.
Such people could be farmers, construction tradesmen, work in agriculture (food processing, well digging etc.), or be hiking, hunting / fishing hobbyists etc.
Or... could be someone bent on getting revenge...
But... at the cost of someone's life? Worse yet, at the cost of two individuals' lives?
Let's add to the mix of the following: Someone...
- familiar with the area
- familiar specifically with the MHB (no small feat)
- okay with the outdoors (yes, it was unseasonably warm, but not 50s-60s temps)
- *possibly* bent on getting revenge
- skilled at "acting" (able to change character to quickly appear as a mild-mannered hiker on a nice afternoon, even after committing an unthinkable act)
- given to explosive anger
- sufficiently knowledgeable of DNA samples that he could contaminate them (this point seems -- JMOO -- to significantly narrow the list of potential suspects)
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Thus, someone with absolutely no knowledge of the area, who just "happened" upon the MHB, the adjacent trails, who came from I-65 (major interstate nearby), and who is from, say, the Western US, or, say, New England, etc., is probably not going to be at the top of the suspect list -- unless, of course, that individual grew up in Delphi/regularly visited there when he was much younger, etc. All just MOO random thoughts.