This is how I’m leaning too. It would also go some way to explaining how the tail light didn’t leave any glass shards on John’s driveway (when she hit his car) - there may not have been any glass left to fall out.
I think this is the most plausible - they were all clearly not strangers to drinking and driving.
I agree that is possible that happened.
The police definitely have not helped the prosecutions case whatsoever and I don’t blame anyone for not wanting to believe him after his behaviours came to light.I agree that is possible that happened.
What I am hung up on are the shady actions of everyone else who was in the house and the god awful investigation.
The unbelievable amount of butt dials, re-homed pets, disposing of phones one day before a preservation order. Evidence stored in solo cups and shopping bags, no chain of custody, red taillight found only after the car had been siezed. Proctor....just everything about him, so bad he was fired because of his actions on this investigation.
Plus, the injuries don't seem to line up with being hit by a car.
If we are to convict someone beyond a reasonable doubt, I don't see how the commonwealth can meet that burden.
For anyone who did not watch the first trial, please listen to Trooper Paul, the commonwealth "expert" on how he says the collision happened
As far as I can tell from what I've watched/read, Proctor didn't go to the scene in the timeframe that it is alleged that he could have 'planted' the evidence though. The defence don't even go there with that angle because they know it's not possible. Brian Albert not coming out of his house also isn't an indication of guilt I don't feel - I'm not sure of the layout of his house but it looks massive and perhaps his bedroom was at the back. There was also a literal snowstorm outside so I think it's plausible they didn't hear anything at that time. I reckon the disposing of the phone was an attempt by Higgins not to have those 'saucy' texts read by anyone
Even if the evidence wasn't compromised, the correct protocols were not followed. The crime scene was left unattended, blizzard or not, that should not have happened. It's odd to me that they were able to locate clear glass in the snow that morning, but no pieces of red plastic were found until later that day? Just too much reasonable doubt for me.
They were definitely not prepared. I'm not familiar with police procedures etc, but would they normally carry evidence collecting items in their patrol cars? As far as they knew at the time of the call it was an accident?
Higgins had an FBI buddy help him screen shot those texts before he got rid of the phone, so I don't think he was hiding them.As far as I can tell from what I've watched/read, Proctor didn't go to the scene in the timeframe that it is alleged that he could have 'planted' the evidence though. The defence don't even go there with that angle because they know it's not possible. Brian Albert not coming out of his house also isn't an indication of guilt I don't feel - I'm not sure of the layout of his house but it looks massive and perhaps his bedroom was at the back. There was also a literal snowstorm outside so I think it's plausible they didn't hear anything at that time. I reckon the disposing of the phone was an attempt by Higgins not to have those 'saucy' texts read by anyone
This is the thing for me, I don't necessarily think there was a huge conspiracy like the defence drummed in the last trial, but all of them seem like they're hiding things. All shady AF.I agree that is possible that happened.
What I am hung up on are the shady actions of everyone else who was in the house and the god awful investigation.
The unbelievable amount of butt dials, re-homed pets, disposing of phones one day before a preservation order. Evidence stored in solo cups and shopping bags, no chain of custody, red taillight found only after the car had been siezed. Proctor....just everything about him, so bad he was fired because of his actions on this investigation.
Plus, the injuries don't seem to line up with being hit by a car.
If we are to convict someone beyond a reasonable doubt, I don't see how the commonwealth can meet that burden.
For anyone who did not watch the first trial, please listen to Trooper Paul, the commonwealth "expert" on how he says the collision happened
Yes this! I think she definitely did it, but the others all are a bit strange!
Proctor (now fired) had John's clothes and the tail light pieces in his car for 6 weeks though and the defence weren't able to test them either. As far as I understand, the first time the defence got to see them was in the first trial. Keeping it in his car for 6 weeks is inexcusable. I don't get why they didn't use evidence bags, they surely must have had some in their cars? They used bags from the grocery store.
Proctor and Bukhenik were meant to have recovered the majority of the tail light pieces over a couple of weeks after the 29th and Karen's car was never back there as it had been towed to the Sallyport so it doesn't make sense. Also if she had hit him then to break the tail light into that many pieces wouldn't they have been dragged down the road by the plough that came through later on that night? IDK it's weirdAs far as I can tell from what I've watched/read, Proctor didn't go to the scene in the timeframe that it is alleged that he could have 'planted' the evidence though. The defence don't even go there with that angle because they know it's not possible. Brian Albert not coming out of his house also isn't an indication of guilt I don't feel - I'm not sure of the layout of his house but it looks massive and perhaps his bedroom was at the back. There was also a literal snowstorm outside so I think it's plausible they didn't hear anything at that time. I reckon the disposing of the phone was an attempt by Higgins not to have those 'saucy' texts read by anyone
So I guess that leads onto the forensic evidence that had John’s DNA on the pieces of glass. Proctor didn’t go to the scene until the following day I think, so johns body would have been removed? How could he have gotten pieces of the tail light and managed to get it to touch Johns DNA? And how small shards were found in johns clothing. It would add yet another person to the ‘planting’ tail light evidence. I just don’t buy it. I hadn’t heard he had it in his car for 6 weeks though, that’s crazy.
