Is there any evidence which implicates Sheila?

[APRIL]

Not so much an excuse for leaving the rifle out as deliberately planting the idea of a rifle with a loaded cartridge in easy reach of crazy Sheila into the minds of police.

Exactly! He was setting the scene well ahead of the murders. He could have been a stage manager even if his acting was hammy.

[ISpyWithMyEye]

Not so much an excuse for leaving the rifle out as deliberately planting the idea of a rifle with a loaded cartridge in easy reach of crazy Sheila into the minds of police.

Exactly, CS

JB was too lazy to bother to shoot a rabbit at 9PM — when he wanted to shoot off home to get fitted up for the murders.

Make no mistake — there’s a reason why he wanted to go home before he’d finished his work on the farm. It certainly wasn’t tiredness, otherwise he couldn’t have been bothered to look for one little rabbit he supposedly saw. As his psychiatrist said: he’s an irreverent liar.

I guarantee he put that rifle in his car when no-one was around; possibly when Sheila and June went shopping at around 5pm and Nevill was out somewhere too.

His “rabbit “ story he gave the police is a typical JB lie.

[ISpyWithMyEye]

Not so much an excuse for leaving the rifle out as deliberately planting the idea of a rifle with a loaded cartridge in easy reach of crazy Sheila into the minds of police.

Of course....he’s a sly cunning manipulator

[mrswah]

Of course....he’s a sly cunning manipulator

So, did he leave the rifle out , or did he take it home?

We don't know, do we?

[Caroline]

So, did he leave the rifle out , or did he take it home?

We don't know, do we?

I doubt he would have taken it home.

[The General]

I doubt he would have taken it home.

It's an interesting one. He has to have it readily available, hence the little bunny ruse.
But if he left it in too prominent a position Nevill would have surely put it away if he'd have seen it.
Plus he would have thought it odd, finding it with the scope removed.

There's a chance he hid it somewhere in the environs with easy access.

[Caroline]

It's an interesting one. He has to have it readily available, hence the little bunny ruse.
But if he left it in too prominent a position Nevill would have surely put it away if he'd have seen it.
Plus he would have thought it odd, finding it with the scope removed.

There's a chance he hid it somewhere in the environs with easy access.

Yes, I believe he hid it ready to go. It's a big house, he could have hid it anywhere and we'll never know where.

[The General]

Yes, I believe he hid it ready to go. It's a big house, he could have hid it anywhere and we'll never know where.

I bet he never anticipated it to go noisy as it did. He would have thought he could virtually act with quiet impunity, silencer attached, up the point of having to manhandle and 'arrange' Sheila.

[Common sense]

I bet he never anticipated it to go noisy as it did. He would have thought he could virtually act with quiet impunity, silencer attached, up the point of having to manhandle and 'arrange' Sheila.

I have the theory that he was to stage the scene as if Sheila and done it and then got back into her bed and shot herself. He must have gotten angry with Nevill and June waking up and spoiling his plan, hence the extra violence.

[APRIL]

I have the theory that he was to stage the scene as if Sheila and done it and then got back into her bed and shot herself. He must have gotten angry with Nevill and June waking up and spoiling his plan, hence the extra violence.

He clearly lacked the empathy required to understand that she'd have chosen to die next to her children. The tie of the umbilical being very strong.

[Common sense]

He clearly lacked the empathy required to understand that she'd have chosen to die next to her children. The tie of the umbilical being very strong.

That was CCs opinion. JB couldn't have shot her in her bed and then moved her, he had to shoot her where she was which was possibly attending to June. Mercifully, he didn't march her at gunpoint to the boys room.  I like to believe that she hadn't got as far as checking on the boys and so died without having to witness what that monster had done to her beloved sons. 

[APRIL]

That was CCs opinion. JB couldn't have shot her in her bed and then moved her, he had to shoot her where she was which was possibly attending to June. Mercifully, he didn't march her at gunpoint to the boys room.  I like to believe that she hadn't got as far as checking on the boys and so died without having to witness what that monster had done to her beloved sons.

I fully concur, BUT, I'm looking at a scenario in which Sheila took her own life, which is what Jeremy had hoped his scenario would convey.

[Common sense]

I fully concur, BUT, I'm looking at a scenario in which Sheila took her own life, which is what Jeremy had hoped his scenario would convey.

I agree and I think CC made a powerful point.

When parents kill their children and themselves, it's often a twisted act of love and a belief they will always be together in the afterlife so it makes no sense for Sheila to not be with them at the end.

[ISpyWithMyEye]

So, did he leave the rifle out , or did he take it home?

We don't know, do we?

He obviously hid it somewhere

[Holly Goodhead]

He clearly lacked the empathy required to understand that she'd have chosen to die next to her children. The tie of the umbilical being very strong.

SC told her psychiatrist, Dr F, she thought the twins would seduce her and saw evil in both of them.  If she was having such thoughts on 6th/7th Aug why would she choose to take her life near them?