Sometimes people who a re highly qualified candidates (but factually innocent) delight in being coy about the possibility that they are the mystery person.
Remember Deep Throat in Watergate?
MANY were sure DT was prominent Washington DC atty Fred Fielding. Fielding basked in the attention, always denying that he was DT, but with a subtle wink wink.
Turns out DT was an FBI agent.
Peterson had all the qualifications needed to be DBC, but so far nobody can directly tie him to the crime. Until they do it's all circumstantial, even his lies about a child's birth-date, not knowing Sailshaw, etc. Lies by SP don't prove he was DBC. Also, SP has blue eyes. DBC, according to witnesses, did not. Sure, brown contact lenses might have been used, but that's a stretch.
I sure wish I knew about whether DBC really did take the packing card out of the NB 8 rig. If he did, then he HAD to be experienced with parachute gear. Whuffos wouldn't even know there was one to look for. SP would have known, so would Braden, but that doesn't prove any connection to Norjack.
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