[Yaelle]

...then got out of the water and drove back home, arriving about 4:30 p.m.

But the boat was put away. He didn't return to the house with the boat. So he must have gone to the warehouse to store it, right? Thus his lying story would still work for him in this tiny respect -- he could have seen the fax while putting away his boat. Or was that a different warehouse?

[pinz-n-needlez]

I agree, Y, it's probably only a small lie. Actually, they're probably mostly all small lies, well except for the one that he didn't kill her. I guess that would qualify as a large lie.

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[Devil_Anse]

Right! The bit with the fax doesn't look as good to me now. BUT I just somehow think that on this fax business he must have blatantly contradicted himself. Not sure how, but it seems to be significant. We shall see--when the transcript of Brocchini's testimony is online.

How about this? He says "... and then I got back in town from fishing, and I went and put the boat in my warehouse and then came straight home, and Laci wasn't there."

So then they say, "How long were you at the warehouse?" And he says, "I just stayed long enough to back the boat in, unhook it, and then I locked the door and left."

See, and then maybe when they were all together there that night about 11, maybe he slipped up and started talking about the fax, indicating that he'd already read it. At that point, they'd wonder how that could be.

Or maybe he told them "the lights were off when I was here returning my boat this afternoon, and they're still off." And then maybe he indicated that he knew what the fax said, and maybe they said, "Oh? How were you able to read it with the lights off, when there are no windows in there?"

Just rank speculation!