Hi there! Welcome aboard, and great first post!
I totally remember that case - the woman was so crazy and so evil. You're absolutely right that she and TS are cut from the same amoral sociopathic cloth. I would not at all be surprised if at some point "HH Did It" doesn't come up in her Infinite Magic 8-Ball of T'Splanations!
Unfortunately, her own statements, words, and interviews will damn her because none of her stories are consistent with each other. The prosecutors would destroy her on the stand. Not that that would stop her from still getting up there and throwing out her vomit of lies.
I agree. Even for LS, it doesn't follow that she would leave a bloody scene at the house (waiting for evening clean-up) while she and GS were on a cross-county trip for pet coats, sporting goods, etc.
Per the AA, LS had both a suitcase and cardboard on her mind when she talked to investigators on Wed, Jan 28. (AA # 37 -- each demanded by rapist E).
I think it's possible LS used the cardboard on the carpet and the plywood over the stairs to maneuver the suitcase to the garage and into the VW.
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Blaming HH: Unfortunately, I think almost everything LS has claimed happened in her own “defense” could be reinterpreted as LS trying to cover up and protect HH if LS does try to claim the “HH did it” scenario.
Blaming HH won’t succeed, but it would sure muddy the waters for awhile.
As to the use of the plywood as a ramp to roll/pull the suitcase up the stairs: I think that would be almost impossible for one person to do by herself. You’d not only have to pull the suitcase up the incline, but also pull the piece of plywood up the stairs underneath the suitcase at the same time. Super unwieldy and worse than pulling the suitcase up by itself.
Plywood is normally a 4x8 foot sheet. And heavier than you might think. Even at its longest, an 8 foot piece of plywood (whatever width) is not going to span from the bottom to top of a staircase, even one with a landing in the middle. And pushing it all up from below (suitcase on plywood) is unwieldy, too.
So I don’t think using plywood as a ramp up the stairs is realistic.
If she used anything to help get the suitcase up the stairs, wrapping it in a sheet or blanket and pulling that bundle up the stairs makes more sense to me.
I do think she used the plywood under the suitcase for transport in her car.
But the plywood usage is of minor importance to me, except as having blood evidence, as is how she managed to move the suitcase. Unless another person is implicated, which would change a lot of my suppositions.
All IMO.
