Cold Case Review of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier murder to proceed. **Threadbans in OP**

As you say, all speculation, with nothing to support it.

This post again is exactly accurate and it's amazing some posters keep forgetting Garda corruption in this case. No matter what is said and done no DNA if IB is yet at scene. Some have suggested here he would know if left hair and skin or anything at scene..not bad going in middle of night after having good load of drinks earlier in night. I would have thought ones who have drinks certainly can not maintain the level of proper thinking or proper state of mind but maybe IB can.

Well just remember you have invited speculation about other suspects :)

About Bailey, my instinct is that if he was the killer, he would have left some sort of a "to be opened in my death" type confession... think of the notoriety from that... maybe wrapped in some piece of poetry. The 'writer' \ showman in him, that would appeal to him.

I find Alfie's reaction to the discovery of the body very curious... even accounting for the shock of it. As CrimeGuy summarises:

Alfie Lyons had a bandaged hand when interviewed by police after the murder. He and Shirley found Sophie's body in the lane. Alfie runs back up to Sophie's cottage to knock on the door. Why? Was this because he wanted to reassure himself that the body was not hers? Or to warn her not to come out? How close did he get to the body? Could Alfie be the source of the smear of Sophie's blood on the outside of the door?

https://www.crimeguy.com/p/the-unusual-suspects

Well it's all we can think. Sure what have AGS left us with. Load of nonsense one suspect one angle. Ah we had 50 suspects on day one. They all had good alibis though so we closed them off..one guy acting bit strange though..ah sure we will stick with him. There is nothing here for other posters only the DPP files which was based on the very poor evidence supplied by AGS. So where we go from here.

Exactly , what else would you expect them to do?

Bailey had a 'good' alibi too until the Guards tried to use a fake witness and got heavy handed with Jules and appear to have altered witness statements.

Karl Heinz Wolney for example, lived alone, had no actual alibi for that overnight into morning.

Alfie had no real alibi either, if Shirley didn't hear the murder, she can't exactly account for Alfie's whereabouts.

Bruno's alibi in France isn't as "good" as it appears, as posters have pointed out on the thread. Hard for the Guards to probe French angle further than that.

What's the alibi for Marie Farrell and her husband?

I think the lack of evidence connecting anyone to the crime scene will make it very difficult, if not impossible, to identify whoever was responsible for Sophie's death.

Unless the unidentified tyre tracks, shoe print and DNA on Sophie's boot can be identified and either eliminated or linked to the killer they would introduce a level of reasonable doubt that would make a successful prosecution difficult.

Similarly with the unidentified speeding car and the unidentified person mentioned by the Galway travel agent. There are too many loose ends and too little solid evidence to reconstruct events with any level of confidence.

I think the bread left out uncovered with the bread knife; Sophie having eaten two to three hours before her death; the house lights being off all make it more likely that she was killed in the morning sometime after daybreak / breakfast. Whatever reason Sophie had to be at the gate, I think is connected to why she was killed.

You think she went down to the gate

Did she bring the axe

Or do you believe the axe is unconnected

Following this thread I am coming across more and more pointers to a morning murder. As well as the ones you note - The vintage hot water bottle placed on the ground carefully rather than in the bed does not suggest a surprise 3am wakeup call.

Also no alcohol detected in system but glass of wine drunk at 5pm at Ungerers and decent chance also a glass of wine consumed at the cottage later based on wine glasses seen there.

Not adding much there

Do ya believe there was any encounter at the house or she simply left house and went to gate where first encounter took place

The axe is relevant to discussion if it was taken

Any possible theories for morning killing

I asked before don't think I got anything in reply

"In my personal opinion, based on my experience and on the advice of former colleagues who specialise in blood pattern analysis.."

Thanks for that Bridget. You've decided to challenge in interviews in the Irish media and on here the post mortem report of Professor John Harbison, a man with decades of experience in performing autopsies and autopsy reports. Professor Harbison went to the time of writing up a report on Ms. Du Plantier's murder, to be examined and cross examined.

You might now have the decency to name these colleagues of yours, and better still post their advice and evidence in written form so it can also be examined and cross examined.

You might also tell us how many autopsies you've performed yourself?

In your own time ;)

He was some man , an alcohol blackout and typing up an article all in the same night

Once more, thanks for that Bridget. For the record, this was in response to me asking you if you think she might have been still alive when the first garda arrived, and you said you believed so based on looking at pictures of the body and post mortem file.

Did Professor John Harbison, a man with decades of experience who performed hundreds of autopsies mention any such possibility?

Can you remind us again of your qualifications to read or interpret autopsy reports? Or to determine (27 years later) that someone might still be alive after sustaining massive head injuries?

Medical qualifications per chance? Having looked at your linkedin profile it says your third level qualification is in Modern European History and French.