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I also found the part about his supposedly dressing her corpse to be strange.

We could just say, he had already planned to report her as going missing while walking the dog, so he had to have her dressed in clothes, in case the body was found. Also, b/c if any of her female relatives later noticed that ONE of her maternity nightie outfits was missing...

Or, more likely, he didn't plan quite THAT specifically--he just knew that if her nightclothes ever came off her body and washed ashore, or if her body were found, still wearing nightclothes, that would pretty much eliminate as a suspect anyone EXCEPT the person who was with her the night of the 23rd... and we know who THAT was...

As for the idea that they had a really bad, physical fight, but then she later was sleeping in the bed, you have a good point: who sleeps after something like that? She would be more likely to stay up crying, or stay up locked in some room, or get in her car and drive to her mother's or her sister's, or maybe just to a hotel, if she didn't want anyone to know. I think the theory that they fought furiously, but then she later slept, is something the police have put together b/c they can't otherwise fit all the known facts together--they can't otherwise have her vomiting, but then also sleeping peacefully.

I agree about not several points: not being too ready to accept this story at face value, it could be pieced together from so many different sources to come up with what the NE "thinks" the DA will present, who knows?

But, say there was a fight, and Laci either was injured and threw up or was so upset that she thought she might be going in to labor, so she had to lie down, possibly put a wet washcloth over her eyes....see where I'm going with this? She might even have gotten so far as putting on her pajama top, maybe not the bottom, I don't know, the clothes thing bothers me. It's true Scott really would have been on the ball to realize she should have day clothes on, just in case.

I have thought she had to have been either drugged or taken by surprise.

Who ever said above maybe Scott bled from a bite, good thought, and I'm betting Laci had those long fake nails that could do some quick damage.

"I think the theory that they fought furiously, but then she later slept, is something the police have put together b/c they can't otherwise fit all the known facts together--they can't otherwise have her vomiting, but then also sleeping peacefully."

You could be right but isn't it somewhat risky to lock yourself into a story when you're not sure? In the Michael Peterson case the prosecution advanced the theory that he killed her with a missing fireplace poker. Late in the trial the defense was able to produce it and show that it hadn't been used. They did get a conviction but most of the legal experts agreed that it was a major problem for the prosecution.