Cold Case Review of Sophie Tuscan du Plantier murder to proceed. **Threadbans in OP**

Hard to pinpoint an exact reasoning to this murder.

The level of violence was totally off the scale, like 20 to 30 blows to the head with a concrete block.... That's some going...

To me, it rules out a random attack... The murderer was driven by sheer rage / temper.

To harbour such a disdain for somebody, indicates that the murderer has had dealings with Sophie before (in my opinion).

And the old chestnuts Love & Money come to mind.....

I can't subscribe to the hired hit theory... Surely it would have been so much easier to throw the hooer off the cliffs?? The method of the killing was bound to encourage mass media reporting... Not what a reluctant Husband would want...

Love and a bit of slap & tickle.... Now, that can hurt a man's feelings??

There was a lot of 'suspects' in Sophie's circle of acquaintances... She was a bit of a flirt. Still find it strange that she came over to Ireland in the middle of winter just to check on the heating...???

*This is probably why Bailey was such a hot topic back in the day, and pretty much still is today.

Going across the road to take a block from an out building doesn’t seem like the action of someone unfamiliar with the area.

I didn’t realise that was the case at all. Only ever heard that the murderer ‘picked up a block’, implying there was one at the scene.

I don`t think it has been established where the block was on the night of the murder. I also don`t think it makes any difference. Sophie was probably incapacitated on the ground by the time the killer used the block.

I was responding to the general point about the level of violence implying previous personal contact. It doesn't.

With regard to the block, we don't know for sure if the block was still part of the structure prior to the murder. I had assumed it was used to prop the gate open, but this is uncertain.

Could the person have been at the out building before the attack, if the position allowed them to observe the property?

It could have gone down that way.

But that angle seems less likely to me if it was a dawn/morning attack.

And there are many murders where it is one of the typically less likely scenarios... in an 80-20 world this could be a 20.

And I believe the the most likely scenario is the simplest and most obvious.

Not a hitman from France, or a jealous French lover, or some drugs cartel, or some Persona Non Grata, oddball English bollix after his hole.

Instead, it's there in the locality, staring you in the face, the age old Irish thing about property, blow-ins, rights of way, and maybe even misogyny.

So why would the murderer go to the bother of fetching it from the pump house if the area is full of loose blocks? Makes it even stranger as a move.

If the handling was the issue - then if they removed it from the pump house they would have to carry it the distance back.

That's as specific as I can be, like everyone here I'm speculating.

Do your sheep farmer friends hang their gates upright? Seriously though look at the photo, the gate remains open with no block or stone to hold it open.

I'm saying it was probably someone she knew to cause her to put on her outdoor boots and leave the house.

If it was someone she didn't know she may well have gone out anyway, I don't know.

If you think it's waffle, why question it?

Realistically, every single theory posted on here is nothing more than speculation & conjecture.

Bailey ticks a lot of boxes. Did he do it? I don't think so... On the balance of probability, he's quite a bit down the pecking order.

Bailey is media whore, he loves the limelight... If he knew Sophie, he would be shouting it from the rooftops.

Apart from a professional hitman, I cannot believe any mortal soul could could murder another human being in such a barbaric fashion, and continue about their business the following days and weeks, and not show any signs of mental turmoil...

And lets face it, if this was a professional hit, you can be assured his customer would have shot the idiot when he returned.

Someone a few posts back insinuated that Alfie should be on the list too.... I have no objections about that.. Didn't he have his hand bandaged up on the morning of the murder?? Said it was a dog bite, but had no dogs??

I would suggest that most of the 'waffle' posted on here makes sense.. It's the closed minds that can't process it.