“My impression is that he includes it to show (the redacted part) that the Witness was so reluctant that she did not associate her own name with the handwritten list of bullet points.”
Not sure I follow you. The “note” as posted has a blacked-out block I presumed was a signature redacted to prevent public disclosure of Witness 8’s name. Are you saying she signed some other name to it?
Another thing I find odd: why would W8 close a note like this with “Thank You”? What is W8 thanking Sybrina Fulton for, when W8 is doing the “giving”?
Yes. Bernardo is making the point that Witness 8 is so scared of becoming known, that she identified using a nickname. He goes on, "See attached letter."
-- Another thing I find odd: why would W8 close a note like this with "Thank You"? --
All Bernardo said was that Witness 8 gave the handwritten material to Sybrina. Bernardo is inviting you to conclude that the writing is a letter. It obviously isn't a letter, by its contents. I think it is a something in the nature of a cheat sheet or memory enhancer, handed to Sybrina, maybe intended to be delivered or shown to Crump before that first telephone interview. The "Thank you" is to either remind herself to thank Crump (for the opportunity to speak out), or for Crump to thank her for coming forward.
Isn't that bizarre!!!
If that's the case then why sign it at all or put any name on it. If she is handing it to Sybrina then clearly Sybrina knows who wrote it. So what's the purpose in not signing it or signing it with a pseudonym???
The purpose in having the multiple hands involved here is plausible deniability regarding just who would be held responsible for this forgery: the person who wrote it or the person who dated it or the person who signed it or the person who presented it to the court or the person who claimed in his pleading that it was given to Sybrina prior to the Crump interview or the person who it is not addressed to.
Everyone played their part in crafting it. It's community property.