1.) According to his closest friends, he was not a drinker...... they claim that the only time they can recall him drinking was with his family during holidays or special occasions..... Of course, that doesn't mean he didn't drink anything the night he arrived in Rome, but it surely seems odd considering the "witness accounts" of him being "stumbling drunk" or on a "pub crawl".
Then factor in the odds of a light social drinker getting extremely intoxicated while going to bars
alone on his first night in a strange country. I think this is extremely unlikely.
The bartender has stated that Beau paid his bill before he left. Was it with a credit card? Had he been drugged?
Good observation. This possibility seems to be increasing as Beau was not a heavy drinker, nor a reckless "partier". Rather, was he given a "date rape" drug? I wonder how easy these drugs can be purchased as personal "sleeping aids" at sleazy pharmacies in Rome's red light district.
3.) He's a big guy. 5'11 and 225lbs...... How is this skinny homeless guy pushing him around?
I am thinking the two north African muggers were part of the attack, but were not caught on film. Speaking of them, where are they? Do the police have them in custody?
This possibility is awful, but.....
How fast and cold does the Tiber flow in July? Was the river running high from rains? On the photos in a link, the Tiber looks calm, slow moving, with alot of low embankements.
The victim was an atheletic individual from a state surrounded by water with alot of lakes and rivers. My bet is that he knew how to swim. His sport was football, so he had been knocked around in the past and is not likely to go into mental shock after being punched and pushed. Why could he not have been able to swim a little down stream, then crawl out? This is espescially so wearing light clothing and with warm water. In short, did this criminal gang follow him, then attack him again and deliberatly drown him?
