She doesn't exactly say that in my reading. She says that the evidence supports their story and there is no credible evidence that contradicts DB and Arsenio's story.
I totally understand and agree with what your saying, I just felt like her statement was misleading because some evidence was unprocessed (not that it would make a difference) IMO thats not checking every possibility. Its just semantics at the end of the day though
also there are a couple different verison of a very similar article ive read that add/subtract certain things so i might be looking at a different thing
It was on the table and there was someone behind the curtains when he arrived, at least that seems to be what the evidence is saying. He probably didn't have the time to look at the monitor. I can see how frightening it would be to enter a room and suddenly realize there is someone hiding behind the curtains when the house shouldn't have anyone in it. Which car was Leandus' car? I can't access the "thumb" part of the evidence.Is this a picture of a home security system at MB's house? It looks like you can see the cars in the driveway. If it is then why would MB not look at that and see whose vehicle is in his driveway before taking such drastic measures as calling police and getting a gun? He admits to knowing Mr. Pickens for years before this night and would definitely recognize the vehicle.
Semantics are very important. You have a good point. I think the biggest reason that the evidence is collected and not processed is because the prosecution won't need it. If the defense needs it, the prosecution will give them a portion and let them test it. That way it comes out of the defense budget and not the prosecution budget. Yes, I am cynical!
MB was already at home and in the house when Mr. Pickens showed up in his 911 call he told the dispatcher that someone was knocking on his door and ringing his doorbell, he said that he was going to get his gun and dispatch told him to wait that police were on the way. He then hung up from 911 and called back a short time later stating that he had shot once through the window because he heard someone out there and when he pulled the blinds back he realized it was Mr. Pickens so he pulled him into the house and onto the floor in the living room. Which none of that makes sense to me but that is what he stated as facts to 911 and the police when they interviewed him.
Do you have a police report saying that? Or a link of some sort? I would think the dust on the outside window sill would be transferred to Leandus' clothing if that happened. The dust wasn't disturbed.
I looked it up, his 911 call begins with
The blinds are parallel blinds so it's reasonable that someone could be unrecognizable and be seen and shot without damaging the blinds, if there were no damage. I can tell we definitely don't have all the evidence. We can't even be totally sure that is the window he came in through since the police also have other windows they took pics of. I would think it was that window because it is just a small step into the house. There was still dust on the outer sill. So he would have had to step through into the house. It's hard to tell how close the plants are to the window. It seems that there was no blood spatter so damage could be minimum to none outside the body. The EMS was able to check the body and remove the body without disturbing the plants, so they must not be very close to the window.
i cant mentally picture how someone could have taken the screen of that window and climbed right in (given the height off the ground) but somehow the blinds and plants and still intact and theres no dust anywhere
And the EMS checked him out and somebody moved him without needing to move the plants. It must be that window since that seems to be the only window open without a screen on it. I wonder if he chose that window because it didn't have a screen. The window next to it is much larger and would be easier to use but it has a screen. Perhaps they kept that window unscreened to be able to enter if locked out? Kinda defeats the purpose of a home security system to have windows unlocked and unscreened. One thing it does show is that Leandus was a frequent visitor to the house. He knew the plants were going to be there and was probably moving sideways to avoid the plants while having the parallel drapes still sliding along with him.
Mr Pickens was shot inside the house, that's what the police say. Mr Pickens was surrounded by EMS and then removed from the house without bothering the plants. It seems that he was familiar with the room and knew the plants were there and may have been edging along the wall to avoid them. It was only a short step over the sill and you'd be in the room.
