EDIT: Just a quick note...sorry I saw my first post which was a similar introductory post showed up now...it hadn't showed up for ahwile and needed a mod approval so not sure if people saw it. Also this is a more detailed post so I am deleting that one. Up to mods, but I hope they keep this one.
Hi all, I have long been fascinated by this case. I recently contacted John Gannon on the Wallace crimespace board (I am John Levin) and he was most kind in replying back to me with extensive info on this case, including a remarkable dossier of RG Parry's life which included details I have never before seen that are not in any book. Say what you will, but the man has certainly done his research.
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John never disclosed his theory to me, so I read it in the newspaper article online when it first came out. I was stunned at first...but the more I thought about it the more this theory seemed to reconcile baffling aspects of this case. The case seems to point at an "inside job". However, Wallace couldn't have done it yet it seems he HAD to. This of course leads to the conclusion he hired it done. The problem with this is Parry seems a very strong suspect to have made the Qualtrough call, yet his alibi is iron clad for the night of the murder and he and Wallace working together crumbles because both seem to have alibis.. (Wallace's being the timing which in my opinion is beyond 'tight' and into the 'impossible' category. It is an intriguing theory nonetheless. (In fact Richard Waterhouse suggested this in his book) Adding a third party however does seem to make more sense out of this.
Now of course, I will need to see the actual facts to be convinced of Gannon's theory beyond a doubt...but I don't see why the theory isn't at least considered groundbreaking.We know Marsden was dishonest like Parry (he too was short on payments), we know he and Parry were desperate for money. Which leads me to another point...why is it so inconceivable Parry and Marsden would sleep with an old woman for cash. After all , they were pretty desperately short of money... people do all kinds of things for money...expecially someone like Parry who wanted to live a high life. Also, it is well known there has been innuendo that Parry knew Julia on an intimate level.
Mark R, you seem to be a very well respected poster here and have a vast knowledge of this case. Why do you find this theory bunk? The fact Wallace pointed the finger at Parry and Marsden doesn't seem strange at all to me. After all, it might stand out if he DIDN'T. He could have told them to have a perfect alibi ready because he would mention them as suspects. Like I said I'm not ready to convict..and have no particular investment in this theory being right. I am open to any and all ideas on why this is an implausible theory...but to me the theory, if proven correct, would serve to answer a lot of questions about the case.
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