That’s a good point. The article does not get into critical firearm and forensic evidence either. That leaves us to wonder whether the author left it out because it undermines his premises, or if the evidence has been suppressed, or was never collected in the first place.
Channeling Captain Obvious...without odd circumstances, suicides’ firearms are likely to be in or near their hands; to have their trigger finger prints on the trigger shoe; to have their prints all over the firearms and every cartridge; firearms and cartridges NOT to have lots of other peoples’ prints, yet not have been wiped clean; the firearms would likely have a paper trails showing the suicide victim owned it; powder burns on clothing consistent with a very close shot; propellant residue on the shooters’ hand and clothing. Any of these elements NOT found would imply staging, or at minimum tampering, with the scene. I find it odd that Billingsley does not address all of this, even to complain about its absence.
Very true...that’s why I go with staged suicide .Not only that, but didn’t the article say someone reporting a body lying on the ground? I’d have to go back and read again on this point, but if that is true, why would someone commit suicide outside their home and not in their bedroom or kitchen or something? So many questions and we’ll never know.