Yes, it's been mentioned many times before. The witness in question is apparently a woman who had left the hockey game early and was walking down College Street on her way to a party.
I find her testimony extremely suspect.
1. She said she saw Suzanne, but didn't say that they'd exchanged greetings. Why not? Didn't Witness know Suzanne all that well? Or was Witness too far away for an exchange to be practicable? In either case, how sure was she that the person she saw was Suzanne?
2. She described, in considerable detail, not only the blonde man she claimed was walking along behind Suzanne, but also a black guy walking ahead of her. Woooo. Let's get real. I walk to the store every day; a couple of blocks. Do I remember anyone I've seen? No, unless it's someone I know well. And in that case, would I remember who'd been ahead of the person in question, and behind? Would I be able to say, days later, what they were wearing, whether they wore glasses or not? Hell no, and I have a very good memory.
3. Witness apparently didn't tell her "story" until she saw a report of the murder, and an interview with Jim Van de Velde. Then, according to journalists' reports, she "began shaking uncontrollably" and called the cops at two in the morning.
Sorry. Sounds like a load of crap to me. |
