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That visceral reaction that is seen and heard would make sense given the intention was that the torso would have been long gone and hauled away with the apt complex trash that was to be picked up!!! No torso, no body, No Lauren, No murder!!!! And Lauren just is another name on another Missing Persons flyer for God knows how Many years!!!
That discovery of that torso was at minimum at 2 punch to the gut that left him breathless and rendered him speechless for moments to come.. It was the realization of this happy go lucky plan that thus far was playing out smoothly just got yanked out from under his feet before he even knew what hit him..
IMO looking back on this reaction with what most of us believe to be that the absolute intention was for that torso to have been hauled off to the dump and not discovered right there 50 feet from his and Laurens front doors.. It makes the reaction just that much more understandable IMO...
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Sandstorm said:
smoothoperator, you nailed it.
He was definitely shocked to hear that a BODY had been found.
All that McD replied was "body?"
and then, "I think I need to sit down."
My thoughts are:
If he were innocent wouldn't he have asked questions based along this line:
Where did they find a body?
Who found it?
Are they sure it is Lauren?
What happened to her?
Are they sure she is dead?
Who could have done this?
Do they know who killed her?
Those are the thoughts that come to my mind if I were told that my neighbor's body was found in the parking lot.
In the video McD makes no inquiry.
Maybe he did off camera and it was not recorded. (??)
I think he was in complete shock at the repercussions of the body being found.
Now, everything had changed.
Another thing that catches my attention is when the reporter asks
"Did she have any enemies, do you know of anyone who would want to hurt her?"
McD avoids that question and redirects the conversation: "We don't know where she is..." then he proceeds to comment with reference to her running and that maybe someone snatched her.
Another point from the video:
In part 1 and part 2 of the video McD explicitly states that
"No one has seen her since Saturday".
This interview was 5 days later. He was studying for the bar. How did he know that NO ONE had seen Lauren since Saturday?
He also makes a comment about her car that is odd to me:
When asked by the reporter Michelle Quesada if that was Lauren's car. He states that "No that car was Detective Patterson's... Lauren's car had been there for days."
Why would he think that her car had been there for days? How would he know that she had not driven her car when he was not aware?
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These are very tell tale signs for me.
What do you think about these points?
Your ideas are appreciated.
You are assuming this SMD thinks like you, reacts like you, talks like you, replies like you think YOU would.
I'll just say this. If SMD has Asperger's, he would NOT react or respond in the manner you would or you think you would. It doesn't mean he's lying, it simply means that not everyone reacts and replies with the same thought process as the next person. Innocent people have said crazy things and reacted in odd ways in tons of cases, but the key word is innocent.
The public, in general, judges another person by the way the public thinks they should act or reply. It's not always gonna be the way you think or would like it to be, and when it's not, it does NOT constitute a person of being guilty. Evidence and hard facts prove or disprove these things in a court of law. Here's an example:
The public listened to the slanted version of stories that Nancy Grace twisted up for entertainment purposes for her viewers so they would gasp and keep tuning in, so they got all hyped up and wanted some of Casey Anthony's blood in return. BUT, in the trial, as well as official legal documents, many of the things Grace said were not even brought up or brought out. The jury heard the evidence, which was basically NOTHING, they had to follow the law and the rules given to them, reviewing the questions on their paper one by one, answering each question based on the evidence. What they learned was that since the trial showed NO evidence of the way the child died, they didn't know. They learned that the trial revealed NO proof that Casey was involved in the death of her child, and it actually could have been someone else, therefore, they could not answer those jury questions. If they can't answer all questions under each charge, they can't vote to convict her of any of them.
The questions have to be answered on their papers and supported by the evidence presented to them in the trial, or they can't convict. That's what happened, BUT the public went crazy because most were all fired up by the talking TV heads and they were not even on the same page as the jury.
As far as SMD goes, the same thing could happen if the talking tv heads got their hands on this. Nancy would say
you must be an idiot to not think this guy did it because he allegedly had this master key that police found in his apartment, so bam! She's judged him and encouraged her viewers to do the same. She would hang him on that one tidbit, but I would say to HER that if the master key opens all doors in that complex, it could certainly open SMD's door just the same way it could have opened LG's and could be planted there intentionally. Until we know what evidence police have to firm up a suspect and charge him OR HER with the crime, we have to assume he's innocent of everything and wait for the EVIDENCE to tell the tale, not a sensationalist on TV or anywhere else.
And when SMD made the statement about LG's car being there
for days, the logic behind that statement is so simple. He was taken with other friends of LG's to be questioned for hours before he even showed back up there where the cameras were. If investigators asked him if he had noticed her car there for days, he could
infer that it WAS there for days. Did anyone think that investigators may have said something like this to SMD- "The landlord said the car was parked there for 3 days (or 2 or whatever) from her best recollection of seeing it, so how many days do you recall seeing it sit there? "-
Simple. They could have clearly said it to him and he repeated it. He WAS at the police department with other of LG's friends for hours BEFORE that interview. It was NOT the other way around.
If you're interested, there is a song on youtube by James Scott. He sings a song called
Through My Eyes about having Asperger's.
James Scott HAS ASPERGER'S.
(here are a few lines from the song)
I'm not blind but I can't always see.
I'm not deaf, but things just sound strange to me.
I'm not trapped but it's hard to be free.
Imagine what it's like to be me.
It's hard for me to try to think things through
or talk like you
Everything can be a blur sometimes,
if you walk along beside me,
hold my hand to guide me
Together any mountain we can climb..
Dreamin of my future
and it's brighter than you know....
The point is, if you don't understand Asperger's, which I believe is entirely possible with SMD, then you can't even BEGIN to know how he would react or reply. If his responses don't match what you think YOURS would be, that does NOT mean he's guilty of anything.
Also, Asperger's does not equal STUPID. (Yes, normal for most to attend college, yep, even law school. Albert Einstein is thought to have been on the autism spectrum, as well.) People with Asperger's are extremely brilliant & most have GREAT language skills & are very social, however, social situations may be awkward, such as starting a conversation with a topic that seems to fit the moment, and eye contact may be minimal or the eyes dart about when speaking.
I will repeat that I feel this is entirely possible with SMD and think it should be considered.
