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2. coming from the facts that bogle was found on his stomach, and chandler was found on her back, i think they were drugged (given poison) and then raped.

3. i don't know.

4. No compelling evidence that anyone in particular did it but some raise more suspicions than others.

5. i will run this many times.

6. utterly riveting and totally mystifying.

7. practical joke went wrong.

8. The bodies of Chandler and Bogle were found some 12 meters apart, Bogle's body was discreetly draped with folded clothing and a piece of carpet while that of Chandler's was in greater disarray, covered by cardboard cartons it suggests that Bogle was the first person to be dead, while Margaret Chandler was running away from something in fear in an almost half naked situation.. This suggests that it is a case of murder. The usual suspect here is Geoffrey Chandler. However if Geoffrey Chandler wished to murder them then he could have chosen some other time and some other place... why the river bank? The only motive behind the murder could be jealousy crept out of love. Margaret Fowler was the lover of Bogle for three years and the only motive behind the murder could be rivalry between Chandler and Fowler...

9. The reason I feel that it is Geoffrey is simple. Geoffrey was having an affair with Pam Logan, and his wife was not aware of it much. Even on that night, he went to meet Pam and what cooked between the two of them is a mystery. They could have planned to eliminate Margaret Chandler that night itself ,very much possible. And we must take note that witnesses claim that both Bogle and Margaret were feeling very sick towards the end of the party. This was certainly after Geoffrey returned back from Logan's flat. He refused supper and offered to mix himself a drink, which could very well be the one which killed both of them.
The theory of chemical spray does not seem good enough because their window panes were down. The police did not find any poison near the spot where the bodies were found. So they must have been poisoned in the party itself. The bodies were found in very unnatural fashion, pants laid over the body. Margaret's body was also covered with beer cartons, so the murderer was present at the spot as well. I think Logan was too involved and helped in the planning, having Geoffrey's car parked in front of her flat so that everyone feels Geoffrey was in her apartment. So having left the party earlier it was not impossible for Geoffrey to be present at the spot where the bodies were eventually found. And being a scientist himself he would know well what would be the perfect poison to eliminate both of them.
Motive can be his insecurity over Margaret's growing fondness in Bogle, and even a professional rivalry between himself and Bogle.

10. Lots of objects on/near body could have been diversionary or real clues to emotional rituals..no conclusions discussed.

11. When cause is unknown and untraceable. Look to a chemist.

12. because of Bogle's scientific experimental activities, Margaret could proffer statements to send investigators down the wrong trail.

13. Nash's residence was a big laboratory and the people who attended the party were the guinea pigs/white mice.

14. It is really hard to say. I watch too much CSI and Burn Notice, so I am leaning towards assassin. But it seems too fantastical. I wish they could use modern testing on the victims bodies.

15. There seems to be the suggestion that it was Margaret Fowler, but also that it was about something larger and thus a hired assassin.

16. I have suspicions about the Nashes: why were they so deeply affected, for so long about the deaths? Margaret Fowler/Geoffrey Chandler:Why were the bodies so ritualistically laid out, this suggests a personal motive? Why was this element not investigated in more detail? Why were the bodies so far apart? If they were poisoned together how come Margaret Chandler was alive longer?

17. How could their bodies have been arranged so deliberately if the deaths happened without someone watching and intervening?

18. I believe Mrs. Fowler was more involved then anyone else. A strange man in the night dressed all in black and she's the only person with an alibi for that night? Sounds very convenient to me.

19. I still can't decide who did it.

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1. Since Ken Nash and Gilbert Bogie knew each other and worked together at the CSIRO it is possible that they knew someone who had access to chemicals and the ability to manufacture drugs.

2. i will no doubt find a different verdict

3. There is a possibility that both of them died at the same time however Chandler's body was dragged away from that of Bogle's. Use of Poison can't be ruled out because as I read their breathing stopped first followed by their heart beats.. it means it was a slow Poison.

4. Not hydrogen sulphide gas for sure..That theory has too many loopholes. LSD is a possibility geoffrey was very much aware of its dangerous implications.

5. Modern analysis could point to physical data

6. With his knowledge of chemistry and bio-chemical agents, it would be possible for Robert Fowler to have concocted either a single agent, or introduce multiple common agents, when combined with body chemistry could result in circulatory failure.

7. A potent chemical had to be present to alter the color of the face, traceable or not.

8. Whatever was used was delivered from inside the car, as eyewitness accounts prior to their leaving are too varied for accuracy.

9. The only thing I can find that would cause the flesh to turn purple (besides lividity, and it wasn't long enough for that, nor in the right place) is snake venom. Granted, I'm sure chemical weapons could mimic and or use venom.

10. A clear case of poisoning, but police may have settled prematurely on a theory, and not have availed themselves of full toxicological analysis, and otherwise overlooked evidence.

11. Something they took at the party was poisoned.

12. It almost doesn't matter. Professional killers can use just about anything that's untraceable. I know it wasn't the dog-worming pills. The sickness was the cover up for whatever gas the killer exposed them to as the last minute to actually kill them.

13. It's the solution that best fits the facts. Anything ingested by drinking or eating would have stayed in the system and been detected.

14. It was something very rare.

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