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From: Jasper
Date: 10/9/02
Time: 8:15:54 PM
Remote Name: 66.72.163.42
Miss Marple,
I have no doubt that Fuhrman's 5:00 visit to Rockingham was a rerun. I also believe as you do that Rosa Lopez heard Fuhrman and Roberts' shoes - and voices. That's why I think he questioned Rosa and made sure that she got a chance to hear his voice as well as Roberts'.
If Fuhrman had questioned Rosa about anything she might have witnessed or if he had recorded her statements, I might have been able to draw a different conclusion. In Murder in Brentwood Fuhrman didn't even say they talked about the murders, the Bronco, the thumps or anything else that was pertinent to the investigation. He did not ask her if she saw or heard anything unusual (as Fuhrman asked Kato) and neither Fuhrman or Roberts made a report. IMMEDIATELY after Roberts talked to her - when it was clear that she could not identify their voices - they left.
When did Rosa hear the footfalls and the voices? She testified that it was around midnight but she didn't look at a clock so she could have been off by a lot. After 2:30 seems like a lot too much to me.
Steven Singular says that his "source" told him that Fuhrman and another detective went to Rockingham around 2:30 looking for incriminating evidence, got into an argument when they didn't find any and left. My problem with that story is how could the source know about the argument unless Fuhrman or Roberts told him (or her) about it? Why would one of them do that? To confuse the timeline, for one thing, and to put their actions on a timeline that followed their call to report to duty on the murder case in the event they were seen or heard.
Did Rosa say that she turned on a light?
You said it just right: It would have been "very unfuhrmanish" for Fuhrman not to have made a beeline to Rockingham as soon as he got the official word from Bushey to notify O.J. He didn't have to be in charge of the investigation to do that… Now that you mention it, it would have made sense for him and Roberts to go instead of waiting for Vannatter and Lange to arrive. If they actually went there earlier to plant evidence or to survey the scene to figure out where to plant it they would have had no need to go again. Going with the R/H detectives gave Fuhrman witnesses that the stick was there when he arrived with them and gave Roberts a free hand (he had a car to himself) when it came time for Fuhrman to "find" the glove.
Where was Roberts at this time?
Yes, the position of the small gates do tell us that someone went past those gates after Kato's walk and before Kato told Fuhrman about the thumps. What do the actions of Fuhrman and Roberts tell us? I think it tells us who was responsible for the thumps, who scouted the area and who planted the glove. --Jasper