Who dunnit??

[Trigger]

Somebody better call BATFINK.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Oooh Quincy. I was thinking more along the lines of Dr. Mark Sloan.

Perhaps we need a poll on this.

Who would you prefer to investigate such an important case?

Sloan
Quincy
Ironside
Colombo
Marple
Poirot
etc.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Has anyone considered the Butler. Generally it is he.

Or the step-father. Especially the ones at the press conference.

 

[Gazwag]

In true eastenders style I think some debt collectors or dodgy persons who lost money in his business failure came to collect, killed the animals first but were surprised by Mr Foster who started a gun fight killing one. His wife was shot and he was pursued through the house and gunned down in a yet to be fully searched part. The daughter who was in her bedroom on the internet and unaware of what was happening was caught in the fire and her body again is in the debris.

 

[Questions]

I think we are coming at this from the wrong angle.

No-one has even mentioned that either of the 3 horses could be involved.

 

[Alonso Moseley]

What if the other body is not that of the husband, who was there but has now fleed with the daughter?

 

[Sam]

I think we are coming at this from the wrong angle.

No-one has even mentioned that either of the 3 horses could be involved.

and/or the dog.

 

[Questions]

and/or the dog.

Now we are getting somewhere.
You think maybe one of the dogs was the brains behind it all and then double crossed the horses ?

 

[clarkey]

Now we are getting somewhere.
You think maybe one of the dogs was the brains behind it all and then double crossed the horses ?

Perhaps. Especially since one of the dogs was found near the two discovered bodies and near the gun. Killing them before turning the gun on himself.

 

[Gully]

...they haven't mentioned the chickens either, they could quite easily feature if it is revealed that the Police suspect fowl play.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Now we are getting somewhere.
You think maybe one of the dogs was the brains behind it all and then double crossed the horses ?

Sounds like a job for Inspector Rex

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Or the step-father. Especially the ones at the press conference.

Which always comes as a surprise as "they kept themselves to themselves".

 

[Questions]

My moneys on the horses.

Provided Uncle Speilberg hasn`t tipped them obviously.

 

[Sam]

Now we are getting somewhere.
You think maybe one of the dogs was the brains behind it all and then double crossed the horses ?

More than likely. I don't think the horses had it in them, and the dog knew that. So he had to do the dirty deed himself.

 

[Questions]

More than likely. I don't think the horses had it in them, and the dog knew that. So he had to do the dirty deed himself.

But what was in it for the dog.
You have to have motive.

 

[Alonso Moseley]

It was the horses incessant whispering

 

[Sam]

ok so Dick Knight did it... but what was his motive then....?

 

[vulture]

I blame gary gliter

 

[Robot Chicken]

The dog was silenced, too...

The remains of a pet dog which had also been shot were found nearby in the ruins of the Fosters' burned out mansion

Police believe the body of a man found in the remains of the couple's sitting room was that of Mr Foster, 50, although he is yet to be identified.
The couple's 15-year-old daughter Kirstie is still missing as searches continue in the ruins of 16th century Osbaston House in Maesbrook, Shropshire.

Her bedroom was above the sitting room in the £1.2 million home where she was chatting to friends on the internet when the power was cut at around 1am on Tuesday morning.

There are four theories

Christopher Foster killed his family, started the blaze and then committed suicide
Mr Foster was known to "live life big, with holidays and cars". Yet it is now known that the 50-year-old businessman was facing serious financial difficulties which could have destroyed his family's privileged existence. He was forbidden to sell his home, Osbaston House, without the permission of the liquidator.

At an appeal hearing against the compulsory liquidation of his company, Ulva Limited, which went into administration in August last year, Lord Justice Rimer found that Mr Foster had spent the previous months stripping the business of its assets and transferring them to a new outfit called Ulva International Ltd. The judge described the businessman as an asset stripper who was "not to be trusted".

A friend is reported to have said that Mr Foster would have been devastated to lose the family's dream home: "Chris loved the house and knew how much it meant to Jill and Kirstie."

However, no evidence has emerged that Mr Foster was depressed. He attended a friend's barbecue the night before the fire and was said to be "completely happy and normal".

His brother, Roger Doley, said yesterday that he had not been aware of Mr Foster's financial trouble. His immediate family also seems to have been unaware of any impending disaster. It is thought that Mr Foster's daughter Kirstie, 15, was at her home chatting online to friends a few hours before the drama unfolded.

After killing his wife and daughter in the house, Mr Foster, a keen marksman, could have taken his own life elsewhere indoors – or left to commit suicide elsewhere, leaving only two bodies for police to find.


Mr Foster murdered his family, then escaped the blaze
With only two bodies so far discovered by police, the possibility remains that one of the three may still be alive. Mr Foster could have killed his wife and daughter in their home, started the fire, then gone on the run.
Had he done so, he could be "lying low" in a property he owns. Last week, before the bodies were recovered, associates suggested he had other homes.

One former business associate said: "He has got places he can go to, places scattered all around Europe. These are properties that nobody knows about."

Soon after the fire was reported, police put out an all-ports alert to prevent any missing family member from fleeing abroad.


The Fosters are the victims of a triple murder
Officers found the bodies of three of the family's horses, which are believed to have been shot, and the bodies of three pet dogs. They also moved a horsebox which had been used to block the main gate. Unconfirmed reports said that the doors and windows of the main house were boarded up from the inside and that spent bullet cartridges were scattered around. These discoveries could point to an attack on the family.

There has been a suggestion that Mr Foster may have been a target because of business dealings. Yet acquaintances have said that these were all above board.

Mr Foster was involved in a court case last year in which he accused two men of blackmail. The businessman claimed that Timothy Baker, then 33, of Shifnal, Shropshire, and Leo Dennis, 40, from Birmingham, were blackmailing him into giving them £100,000 after a land deal in Cyprus fell through.

The two men were cleared of blackmail, although Mr Baker was found guilty of intending to pervert the course of justice. Mr Dennis and Mr Baker claimed Mr Foster made a false allegation of blackmail to cover up an attempt to have Mr Baker assaulted. Mr Foster denied the claims. Mr Dennis said last week: "I have no love for him [Foster] but I have been getting on with my life and I have no reason to harm him."

There have been reports that Mr Foster told a neighbour that he was the victim of a "vendetta". He appeared to be obsessed with security after moving to the family home in 2004, building high walls and fences and installing heavy security gates.


Two family members were murdered in a raid, but one has been taken captive or escaped the carnage
With just two bodies found, it is possible that one family member might have survived a murder attempt – either fleeing the scene and going into hiding, or being detained by the killers.

Post mortem examinationss are being carried out on the remains of the two bodies to establish the identities and cause of death. The CCTV system installed by Mr Foster in another attempt to bolster security at his home could, if it survived the blaze, hold vital clues to the family's fate.

 

[BensGrandad]

I think that the mans body will turn out to be the wifes lover and they were shot by the husband who has done a runner to one of his other homes in Eastern Europe with the daughter.