Post by Angela on Apr 19, 2009 13:31:48 GMT -5
Q: Some people think that Charlie Lawson did not kill his family. I was wondering what you all thought about that theory.
Sissy
A: For me, the piece of evidence that points most to Charlie being the killer is the pillows. If you notice the crime scene photo of the mantle, you'll see a bed to the left. This was Charlie and Fannie's bed. You'll also see the pillows on the ground where they were placed under the children's heads. However, the pillows are still on Charlie and Fannie's bed. This means that whoever got the pillows knew they were specifically getting the children's pillows. If someone else did it, and for some reason wanted to place the pillows under their heads, I would think they would grab the closest pillows available, instead of going upstairs for other pillows.
The ritual of putting the children to "bed" is also one that you do see in domestic violence homicides, and isn't really done elsewhere. It isn't common, but it isn't unknown, and points to a deep personal connection between the killer and the victims.
When you watch the film again, the main crime scene picture we used is a digitally merged photo that splices the 2 crime scene photos together, so you can see both the bed and the pillows on the floor. Look for it next time, something you won't see anywhere else. It's interesting because it isn't readily noticeable, (and here's a world exclusive secret revealed for the 1st time!) and it was only when we discovered that there wasn't one picture taken of the crime scene, but two.
The reason for the confusion is because the photographer only turned his head slightly between the two shots to capture just a little bit more on each side, and it's my belief that the reason he did this was specifically to capture the pillows. The composite's edges neatly bracket the bloody pillows on the floor to the bottom right in the picture you see in the film, which is a composite overlap of the two to the untouched pillows on Charlie and Fannie's bed on the Left.
I've never had the slightest hint of a feeling that that placement or framing was accidental. My limited experience shooting photos for newspapers backs that up; you pay attention to what all you're framing and shoot nothing outside of what's necessary to convey the most relevant info to the viewer instantly. The photographer, IMO, was intelligent enough to capture and convey Precisely what Charlie intended when he placed the pillows where he did, whether Charlie was conscious of the 'pillow angle' so common to domestic violence homicides when he was committing the crimes or not. The 2nd part I've yet to reveal merely confirms this.
Matt32
Sissy
A: For me, the piece of evidence that points most to Charlie being the killer is the pillows. If you notice the crime scene photo of the mantle, you'll see a bed to the left. This was Charlie and Fannie's bed. You'll also see the pillows on the ground where they were placed under the children's heads. However, the pillows are still on Charlie and Fannie's bed. This means that whoever got the pillows knew they were specifically getting the children's pillows. If someone else did it, and for some reason wanted to place the pillows under their heads, I would think they would grab the closest pillows available, instead of going upstairs for other pillows.
The ritual of putting the children to "bed" is also one that you do see in domestic violence homicides, and isn't really done elsewhere. It isn't common, but it isn't unknown, and points to a deep personal connection between the killer and the victims.
When you watch the film again, the main crime scene picture we used is a digitally merged photo that splices the 2 crime scene photos together, so you can see both the bed and the pillows on the floor. Look for it next time, something you won't see anywhere else. It's interesting because it isn't readily noticeable, (and here's a world exclusive secret revealed for the 1st time!) and it was only when we discovered that there wasn't one picture taken of the crime scene, but two.
The reason for the confusion is because the photographer only turned his head slightly between the two shots to capture just a little bit more on each side, and it's my belief that the reason he did this was specifically to capture the pillows. The composite's edges neatly bracket the bloody pillows on the floor to the bottom right in the picture you see in the film, which is a composite overlap of the two to the untouched pillows on Charlie and Fannie's bed on the Left.
I've never had the slightest hint of a feeling that that placement or framing was accidental. My limited experience shooting photos for newspapers backs that up; you pay attention to what all you're framing and shoot nothing outside of what's necessary to convey the most relevant info to the viewer instantly. The photographer, IMO, was intelligent enough to capture and convey Precisely what Charlie intended when he placed the pillows where he did, whether Charlie was conscious of the 'pillow angle' so common to domestic violence homicides when he was committing the crimes or not. The 2nd part I've yet to reveal merely confirms this.
Matt32