Dr Vanezis in his statement seemed to think it would have been possible for Sheila to move and even walk around after the first shot. Unfortunately for the blue forum, regardless of what Vanezis says the photos show no evidence whatsoever that she did.
Also what the blue forum don't seem to get is that whoever did the murders went to a lot of effort to cover their tracks and make sure they were forensically clean. It makes no sense that Sheila would have gone out of her way to clean up after herself even if she could, given that she just planned to do herself in anyway. So even if Sheila could have actually committed the murders it is very unlikely she would have cleaned herself up. It is very unlikely she would have been so anxious to stop Nevill reaching the phone, knowing that even if he did call the police the response time would not have been particularly rapid so she would have had enough time to do whatever it was she planned to do. So if we accept it was either Sheila or Jeremy, who had the motive to stop Nevill getting to the phone by any means necessary in case it meant the game was up? Who had the motive to cover their tracks to make themselves forensically clean? The answer in both cases is not Sheila, so that only leaves one suspect.
Where did you read that comment goatboy?
According to Dr Vanezis' Report dated 30 September 1985,
"The palms and fingers were not contaminated with blood." (page 275) Dr Vanezis makes no reference to her lower limbs or feet in his report but the first police responders stated that they were spotlessly clean.
In Dr Vanezis' Report dated 7 May 1986 he stated, "In my view with regards to the mobility of the victim in regards to the first wound it is my opinion, taking into account the blood distribution internal and external from the first wound that
the deceased had not got up and moved prior to receiving the second wound which would have been instantaneously fatal." (page 409)The blood trails on Sheila's neck evidenced her inability to walk or even move to any great extent after the first shot.
In his later
Report dated 12 November 1986 Dr Vanezis was scathing of the police actions. He clearly indicates that he was given a bum steer by the police into thinking it was four murders and a suicide. He states that had he seen the crime scene photos at an earlier stage his intial views would have changed. Specially he states,
Had I attended the scene I would without doubt have been concerned,
(a) at the cleanliness of Sheila. (Far more dramatic than seeing body at mortuary).
(b) Position of rifle - appears too obvious.
(c) Position of Bible - on top of arm.
I have no doubt I would have insisted on the attendance of ballistics and biology experts at the scene prior to removal of the body. Or to put this into simple language, Dr Vanezis was shocked when he saw the crime scene photos
after he had conducted the autopsy in the mortuary. It is crystal clear that he was concerned that he had not been asked to attend the murder scene at an early stage. Had he done so he would have insisted on these experts being called as the scene as existed was extremely suspicious. Essex Police made a complete pigs ear of the initial investigation and were completely misled by Jeremy Bamber as to what had occurred. The blame lay firmly at the feet of the then DI's Cook and Miller who told Dr Vanezis that the case was 'straightforward' and that no ballistics were required. What a couple of prize nuggets!
