Michael's own statement is notable mostly for being vague, slippery and just about impossible to believe. It does not ring true at all. He also lied to the police about everything being peachy between them -- they were in the middle of a roaring brawl! A girl friend, knowing about the fight, had offered Terri shelter for the night. Terri said, no, she would just pretend to be asleep (and no doubt was asleep at the late hour Michael got home). She barely knew what hit her.
Do you have Bobby Schindler's comments / thoughts about his experience when he arrived? Those would be useful. Also, there was a chart somewhere, something like this one that you posted, of Mikey's different "stories" afterwards. That would be worth another look too. (Perps always find it hard to keep all the details of a phony story straight, so they have interesting lapses of memory :-) )
From a CNN transcript:
GRACE: What happened?
BOBBY SCHINDLER: She usually would go out with us. It was a Saturday night. She said no, she was not going to go out with us that night, my friend and myself. She was going to go home and wait for Michael because they had been fighting all day. Then next thing I know, I got home, I went to bed, I got a phone call from my father saying something happened to Terri. We lived in the same apartment complex. I ran -- I got in my car, got there within a couple minutes. I went over to see Terri. She was lying face down with her hands up by her neck. I reached down and shook her shoulder. I wasn`t upset at that time because I had seen her just a few hours earlier and she was perfectly fine. The paramedics got there almost immediately after I got there, after I shook her shoulder, and that`s when they -- I saw how serious...
GRACE: She was still lying on the floor face down?
BOBBY SCHINDLER: Now, what is so troubling...
GRACE: Was he there?
BOBBY SCHINDLER: Yes, he was there. He answered the door. He was hysterical. Michael was hysterical.
What is so trouble is if you go back and look at Michael`s testimony of how he found Terri, it changes two or three times. And the only investigation that was conducted about the night of Terri`s collapse was done by Mark Fuhrman. And after Mark Fuhrman investigated that night in particular, he was very concerned and troubled with the way Michael was acting and the timeline of the events that occurred that night.
GRACE: Because he changed his story three times.
BOBBY SCHINDLER: Because -- and if you read it and see, he says he was cradling Terri when he found her. He said he found her face down. It changes every time he tells it.
GRACE: Suzanne, what was the fight about, the big fight?
VITADAMO: The big fight was about Terri had her hair done that day, and she spent -- had color and cut and she spent too much money.
ROBERT SCHIAVO: Timeline, though.
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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I can see that Terri had taken a big change. I knelt down beside her. I cradled her in my arms, and I told her I love her. It`s still hard to this day, and I told her it`s OK.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We know that many of you never had the privilege to personally know our wonderful sister, Terri. But we assure that you that you can be proud of this remarkable woman who has captured the attention of the world.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
GRACE: Welcome back, everyone. With me tonight, Terri Schiavo`s family with the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, her mother, father, sister, brother.
We were just taking a listen to her husband, Michael Schiavo. I tried to ask him some hard questions recently. He walked off the set, leaving his lawyer to hold the bag.