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Tim_308
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Posted on Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 10:57 am:

I am curious as to why much salt would be given to PC William Smith's witness account. If he was close enough to see the person with the victim in that much detail, the person must have seen him. If the murderer was with the victim and he knew he had been seen by a policeman, would he really go ahead and committ the murder just a short while later.

I think that PC Smith likely saw somebody other than the killer. Not only this, but the other witness account that was reported was different than Smith's.

Any opinions on this? Why would the killer kill if he knew he'd been seen by a cop with the victim?

Tim

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