Cold Case Review of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier murder to proceed. **Threadbans lifted - see OP**

Is it a give in that the killer would have been covered in and dripping the victims blood along his escape route ? Quite possibly not. Assuming the fatal blows were delivered to her head by a concrete breeze block this would squash the skull and the blood would more than likely flow out either side of the head or pool behind it and not spray in an upward direction covering the assailant. If it were a shotgun blast to the head, for example, blood and brain matter would travel in all directions. She was lying motionless as well, we assume.

But lifting the block up and down again would leave blood droplets scattered everywhere - No?

Including on the killer.

But why would the killer return to the door?

The blood droplets found on the grass verge could have come from the killer going back to the door?

All we can be certain of, is that the door was either pushed to (closed), or attempted to be opened after the assault had taken place, both are strange actions to take considering the circumstances.

In all probability, the murderer drove there in a vehicle, opened the gate (to drive the car in). Sophie put her shoes on and freely walked down to the gate were an altercation taken place..

The murderer was not equipped for a murder, hence used what was available on-site at the time (in this case - a concrete block).

This whole case points towards a sudden moment of uncontrollable anger, an anger driven by fear of being outed??

What would cause a rational man to fear something so much as to kill the person threatening him?

A opportunist house breaker..? Typically never.

A rejected sexual advance..? Not impossible, but highly unlikely. You would have to have an emotional attachment to resort to such measures?? Cold calling at the door looking for the ride must have a practically zero success rate I would imagine?

Neighbour disagreement..? Quite possible in normal circumstances.. But considering Sophie was around for maybe 3 weeks of the year, would you really be bothered, probably not.

Peeping Tom..? By nature, a Peeping Tom would be socially awkward and lacking in self confidence. Sophie was known to leave her curtains open and maybe could have been spotted in a case of undress..? Did she confront a local pervert, threaten to shame him, prosecute him, make him the laughing stock of the peninsula..?

Quite possible - But would a Peeping Tom drive down to his victims residence, and even open up the gate to get a better view…? Possible but unlikely.

We have very little that ticks every box.. I still feel the murderer was known to Sophie, and the killer purposely drove to the area (not necessarily to meet Sophie). I believe murder was not the killers intention upon arrival at Sophie's / Alfie's passageway.

Alas, I dont think Sophie will ever get justice for the cutting short of her young life. The passage of time has dimmed the horrific nature of her brutal murder. Most of the actors around at the time have either moved on or died, leaving only people who don't want to be reminded of their local history, or the many opportunists looking to make a quick buck out of the whole sordid business.

Once Bailey died, so did a lot of the interest in the case. There was no longer a scapegoat to hunt down and condemn.

With the last flurry of podcasts and documentaries, the case will eventually be disregarded and resigned to a dusty box in the backroom of an outdated Garda station somewhere.

You think differently….?

Please elaborate……

“The fact that the blood stops in the immediate outside of the gate, and we know the killer left the scene, indicates that something stopped the blood from dripping once the killer left, i.e. inside a car, or an in situ clean up (which is less likelyimo).”

The dripping blood most likely came from the weapons, the stone and block when raised. That’s not to say the killer had no blood on them. The area was awash with blood, but a lot of that blood would have been shed after the attacker left.

"something stopped the blood from dripping once the killer left, i.e. inside a car.."

Based on what you have theorized in the past, you have to believe that before he ever got into a car the killer went up to the house after the killing and either closed or tried to open the side door depositing only one drop of blood in the field in front of the house and a blood smudge around the door handle. Minimal blood drip on that route suggests there clearly wasn`t much blood dripping from the killer after the murder. That is of course if the killer took a stroll up to the house at all.

The thing is I don't think the killer was wandering around with the blocks/stones, just using them and dropping them. In addition the gate blood was left by someone's hands, not a weapon, so there was loads of blood. Sophie could have left the blood on the gate, but it could also be left by the killer, which would mean their arms & hands were covered in blood.

Apparently they have clocked up some air miles in terms of interviewing people- I hope this is a sign that they have genuinely treated this as a cold case review and expanded their investigation beyond “getting Bailey”

Either that or, “since we’ve looked everywhere and found nothing, then it must be Bailey” .

I certainly hope at least some summary of what they have been doing these last years will be published- Sophie’s family and indeed the public deserve that

Jim Sheridan`s movie and the CCR report, all coming in June. That should be interesting.

Oh, I didn't know he was making a movie and it was due in June. I thought it was maybe another series.

Storage for drug stash in pumphouse? Pick up pre Christmas and New Year?

It's unlikely that professional drug traffickers would store there merchandise in such a manner.

But a pumphouse that you would have to lift the roof off to deposit and retrieve your merchandise?

Down the end of a long cul de sac in full view of the three houses there?

Alfie Lyons would have to involved, either actively or passively, and he knew Sophie was there that weekend, so no,

I don't buy it.

I wouldn't be too sure the pumphouse is in full view of the three houses. Vegetation and topography could obscure it from view.

Yes, but bear in mind that, for most of the year, only Alfie and Shirley would be around to see anything…………….