Cold Case Review of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier murder to proceed

I just used a map, nothing more than an oldfashioned map. I didn't ask anybody for any sort of instructions.

What do you want with your questions? State the contrary?

I bevlieve I've written it many times before.

It's very simple to find the house for someone who has been told. If you're heading from Schull to Goleen you only need to take two turns.

I can only conclude that any of the investigating team who had any difficulty locating the house after the first Garda arrived on site were either not given instructions, were instructed by an idiot, were an idiot or some combination of all three.

I think the answer has been given below:

Only, I didn't ask anybody, used a bit of common sense, assumed a bit, added one and one together, and got lucky the first time trying. If not, I would have gotten lucky the 2nd time.

I specifically didn't want to ask anybody local, as I didn't want to cause negative feelings, like another outsider - blow in, whatever sniffing around just for curiosity reasons.

It's really not too difficult for somebody with a bit of common sense and pratical thinking and a sense of orientation. The latter is probably hard to understand for some people with no sense of orientatin as they feel lost anywhere, no matter if it's during daylight or at night.

I don't agree with this at all. Anyone who needed (for whatever purpose) to find Sophie's house would have absolutely found it by whatever means.

Bailey was friendly with Alfie and Shirley. They may have informed him that Sophie visited the cottage alone - more often than not. Whoever killed her knew she would be alone that evening and also that the neighbours would not notice his arrival and departure and were unlikely to hear any loud activity or commotion. The killer had probably scoped the area late at night beforehand and would have been familiar with Sophie's nocturnal habits and that she still would have been awake and up at that particular time of day. He arrived and departed on foot. I don't think there's any doubt about that.

Some people simply want to cement the idea that just because the house is remote it could only have been a local who killed her.

As you said correctly, anybody who needed to find the house would have found it. No need to ask anybody. I did with ease and luck, others would have as well. And those who were "unlucky" means they had just taken one exit too soon, but would have been lucky 2nd time trying......

I said it before, and now again.

A male, wishing to minimise blood evidence and maintain silence may have well veered towards strangulation.

The frenzied animosity of what that lady suffered, should never rule out another female, who may have considered her a "threat".

That does not say it was a man. There are no other indicators (force, sexual, bite, punch..) to say it was a man.

Further, female suspects become more relevant in murder investigations where a frenzied attack has taken place. Think 76 stab wounds.

Very strange case overall. But most likely that the main suspect went to see her from the bar and then got frustrated after his advances.