Initially, in the early days when police were frantically searching for Alison, I certainly believed she had gone for a walk. There were reports of mobile phone signals, screams in the night etc. I conjured up the image that Alison had met with a random attacker. But it did not all gel. Why the intense interest in GBC and his home? If the family had got its story straight I doubt whether GBC would have been arrested.hypothetically eg. "yes the marriage was in difficulty, we had an argument about money and/or my lover, Alison yelled at me, scratched my face and ran out of the house. She was distriessed because of my affair and I hadn't ended it when I promised I would. I waited for her to cool off and return and then I became quite worried. I rang my father to come over and mind the children and then went for a drive to try and find her. I did not want her out alone at night. After searching for hours I rang the police.".
GBC is not the first or last person to have an affair or treat his partner with derision. That is bad enough but would have been forgotten if he had not continued to make serious blunders. It will certainly be interesting the angle the defense will take. They have already introdroduced the suicide theory, but it will need to be stonger. Depression and empty Zoloft packets don't lead to a woman walking 14 kms alone at night (seemingly without any witnessess) and inexplicity deciding to abadon her children (whom by all accounts she adored), to either jump of a bridge or lie under it. Its still does not seem to be clear whether she jumped, was dragged to her final resting place.
Is it possible he will recant his earlier brief statement and say embarrassment stopped him making a full disclosure at the time. It is how I hypothetically stated it, he is very sorry but one lie, led to the next etc. and he didn't not know how to extricate himself from the hole he had dug?????
