Recently watched both the ST 3-part Netflix series & the 5-part Sky TV (UK) series on this horrible crime. Both were excellent, though I felt the Sky TV series was superior & much more thorough - due to the different approach & the longer running time.
I honestly had never heard of this horrific ST case prior to these latest documentary series. It's very obvious this crime tore this small community apart & had wide repercussions in France, due to the victim & the victim's family being from there.
So, the #1 question here is: Who did this, and why? The obvious suspect is IB, and both series focus on him. However, though there is a lot of circumstantial evidence surrounding his person/actions on the day(s) after the crime, I'm not convinced he did this...though he may have. It was stated several times in both series that there was no physical evidence (blood, DNA, hair, etc.) tying IB to the murder.
I do have a lot of questions about the case:
1) Did MF definitely see IB on the bridge @ 3:00am in the early morning hours after the crime, when she drove past a pedestrian walking alone? I wonder how she was initially certain it was him, especially given that she only would have gotten a quick glimpse of him late at night when visibility would have been poor & when she would probably have been focusing on driving. And, if she is sure she saw him - why did she change her story completely later?! Years later, she told the media that she didn't see him & she only said she did because the authorities told her to say this. And, did she also see IB hanging around outside her shop & see him follow ST down the street several days prior to her death?! Unclear what she actually saw, given that she has little credibility due to her story changing so much over the years.
2) Where did IB get the scratches on his arms/hands & cut on his forehead? Was it due to cutting down a Christmas tree & getting cut by a turkey flapping around, or from something else?
3) When exactly did the "rubbish burn" that was found outside IB's house occur? Some say it was in October/November 1996; and others say they saw it after the crime occurred, i.e. after 12/23/1996. And, what was being burned - other than a mattress, etc.?!
4) Did the Italian woman that stayed with JT's family briefly in late 1996 definitely see a "black coat" soaking in a bucket in the bathroom? If so, was this IB's? And, if so - why was it soaking?!