About the first thing I did when joining this forum in June 2010 was make a map of Keddie, with roads and cabins in the right locations. I had to figure out where 28 was in relation to EVERYTHING else in order to begin understanding this crime scene and crime. I'd actually first discovered the swinging bridge in 2006, when google maps and imagery was in its infancy, but didn't know where the cabins were in relation to ANYTHING. All the lies about nothing being heard, etc., made it impossible for most of us to believe the cabin was anywhere but out in BFE compared to the other cabins. To our surprise, it was Ground Zero for the section of Keddie it was in- surrounded on all sides by cabins, the post office, the lodge, the dorm, the RR Stn and RR trailers. You couldn't get more GZ than 28. I completed that project back in 201, and
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As you can see, the back of the cabin pointed NW towards the river. Going directly north from the back steps would take you to the turnoff down the steep hill to "Keddie Flats" below, and to the swinging bridge. BTW, all the back windows in 26 (bath, LR, kitchen, boys' room) look down on the flats and the swinging bridge.
I can't speak to what Justin saw, only that he was awake and forced to be involved to some degree. We know some lights around Keddie were on, but the moon was of no help that night so it was very dark outside. We also know the killers worked in near-darkness inside the cabin. But there's zero chance they were in radio silence mode. They were talking to each other, and barking orders and demands at the victims, both living and dead. Between what he saw and what he heard, Justin cottoned onto where they were headed with Tina- and probably why.
If you walk out the front door of 28, you're exposed to anyone walking by. Outside and to the right is the partially-lit street and the dorm and lodge. In the near distance across the street are neighbors' homes, and behind them the active rr station and the trailers.
If you go out the back door, you're on the enclosed rear deck with windows giving you a treehouse view down on the surrounding environs. You can sit out there for as long as you want, undetectable, looking for signs of life before deciding to take a body out of the cabin. The easiest way out of Keddie with the least risk of being seen is straight north, down the road to the flats and- just as Marty suggested- across the swinging bridge.
Whether the story of Justin telling people (ie DT) to "look for Tina down by the river" is true or a figment of Loon's alibi, the fact is they got Tina out of Keddie AND apparently chucked Sue's pink pantsuit into the 'Swimming Hole' just off the north side of that bridge. And didn't Justin say "THEY went after Tina out the back door"? It would be far easier for two to get Tina across that bridge rather than one asshole on his own, so someone would have to be in 28 to keep the scene under control until they returned. Loon is definitely lying about going home to bed and lying about being in 28 and about being involved in the murders. Yada yada yada, this goes on and on, but it lines up pretty damned well and intertwines with signs of livor mortis and rigor in the bodies before staging was completed.
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