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reports that Mr. Bennison [exact identity
pending--presumably a staff member at Elan] advised
Father Mark Connolly and Sheridan that Michael had
admitted involvement after a long and arduous
gruelling [WW] , but later recanted any
involvement.
We have numerous indications that Michael suffered
from a serious alcohol and cocaine problem. Let us
imagine for a moment, that after seeing Martha go off
with Tommy, Michael went and did some coke--maybe in
his room, maybe in the Revcon vehicle. Now, highly
agitated, paranoid, and in a virtual state of
psychosis, he puts on some dark clothing and decides
to spy on them. At this point, the Terrien group has
already left. So has Julie and Andrea. When Andrea
[Julie] returns, it is Michael she
sees in the bushes.
When Michael does find Tommy and Martha, based on
what Tommy has told us, he witnesses them in a very
compromising position. But he waits. Maybe he flees
in complete rage. Maybe this is when Andrea
[Julie] sees him crouched. Maybe she
sees him crouched before he stumbles upon Martha and
Tommy. The point is, that Michael decided to wait and
confront Martha alone. In Michael's mind, it is all
her fault. She has humiliated him. Michael
wants to confront Martha because he will be stringer
[WW] than she is how
[WW] [^] will be able to control the
situation if he confronts her. If he confronted his
brother, Tommy could have held is own and would have
contained Michael. Michael does not want to be
contained. His mind is reeling.
Finally, Tommy leaves Martha to head inside. Martha
begins her walk home. Waiting until Tommy is gone,
Michael confronts Martha in front of her driveway. In
a [WW] likelihood, he know
doesn't what he's going to do. The rage, fueled to
uncontrollable heights by substance abuse, is
directing him.
Consistent with the Academy report, Martha would not
fear Michael. Certainly, she would feel a little
embarrassed, guilty, or defensive, but not
immediately afraid. Perhaps, Michael tested her.
Maybe he asked her if she had been with Tommy to she
if she'd lie. And maybe she did. She could have felt
very guilty, didn't want to hurt his feelings, etc.
maybe she said something patronizing, disparaging...
maybe she said something which Michael perceived as
an affront to his manhood. Perhaps nothing was said
at all. Regardless, Michael reacted. He
punched her in the face, sending her to the
ground.
That was the point of no return.
With this scenario, we finally have potential
explanations to previously baffling issues. For
example, why did Tommy conceal his sexual encounter
with Martha from Julie (starting when she woke him up
later than [WW]
night--well before he should have known
that anything unsavory had befallen Martha), the
police, Dr. Lesse, and other authorities, for years,
if he hadn't murdered Martha himself? Why would Tommy
be able to tell a polygraph expert he did not kill
Martha, and pass? Why, when he finally came clean and
confessed to his twenty minute liaison with Martha in
the back lawn (to Sutton Associates' investigators),
did he break down in tears? Why would Michael confess
to a murder he did not commit? Why would Michael
later tell Sutton Associates
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