Re: Timeline and Distances (again)
I'm not exactly sure where you are going with this. If you want to "prove" that Suzanne could have gotten from Phelps Gate to the crime scene on foot, then, yes, she could have jogged there. Case closed.
As I keep saying, the question is whether this is probable.
1. Is it probable that at 9:20pm or so on a Friday night, after hosting a pizza party an hour earlier, after telling a friend how tired she was, wearing hiking boots and a maroon fleece jacket, that Suzanne Jovin walked, jogged, or ran 1.7-1.95 miles to someplace in the heart of a residential area far from any store?
I say, quite improbable.
2. Is it probable that someone with 17 stab wounds and a slit throat could have walked even a few steps in that condition let alone more than half a mile (from Jim's house)?
I say, next to impossible.
3. Is it probable someone stabbed 17 times with a slit throat would a) *not* leave a trail of blood from where they were stabbed to where they lay, and b) *not* be found in a huge pool of blood?
I say quite improbable.
So, IMO, to posit Suzanne walked to the crime scene we'd have to assume not just one but all three of the above were probable. Do you really think so?
Here's what Ellen Jovin, Suzanne's sister, wrote about Suzanne in early December of last year:
In New Haven, Suzanne once ran with a classmate to a park two miles from campus, saw Twelfth Night as part of a free Shakespeare event, and then ran home.
ctcentral.com
Notice how Ellen used the words "once ran", implying such an instance was not just memorable but unusual.
And, lastly, early on even the police stated publicly they were focusing on scenarios involving cars:
Burleigh recanted his earlier statement that the NHPD believed the killer lived within a three-block radius of where Jovin's body was found, saying the investigation is now changing its focus.
"We have pretty much exhausted the three-block radius, and we're now looking at a second possible scenario, that she was brought there in a car," Burleigh said.
yaledailynews.com
So, given the above, do you still think it worthwhile to discuss scenarios that don't involve a car?
- Jeff |
