2. IMO, the woman who saw SJ after SJ saw Peter Stein was incorrect in her estimate of what time it was, and that it was closer to 9:20PM-9:25PM [rather than, "around/close to 9:30PM"]. The reason for this is Jeff's add'l. info of where the woman saw her, and that if Suzanne basically stayed in one area very long, several other students who knew her would have seen her;
Let's consider this witness, and what she said. By her account she'd left the hockey game early to go to a party, so she was walking back to the campus on College St. She says she saw Suzanne, but doesn't say that they exchanged greetings. If indeed they did not (and I think she would have mentioned the fact) then either Witness didn't know Suzanne very well at all, or was too far away (on the other side of the street?) to make such an exchange practicable.
In addition, Witness later--how much later, days later?--reports that an Hispanic (or was it black? I'm too lazy to look it up) man walking a little ahead of Suzanne, and a white man, blonde with glasses walking a little behind her.
Hmmmmmm, I find this unconvincing in the extreme. You're out walking in a busy street, intent on getting where you're going. You pass dozens of people. You spot someone you know, but the two of you don't speak. And then afterwards you remember the people nearby? I really don't think so...I'm extremely sceptical of this "information". How long after the event was Witness questioned? You'll recall as well that she was impressionable enough to agree imediately, when shown a photo of Jim, that it could have been he.
It was night. How good is the lighting on College St at that point? Was the person Witness saw really Suzanne? Might Witness have been mistaken, or, in fact, might she have been making the whole thing up?
If she didn't see Suzanne on College St, how does the scenario change? |
