Thought the documentary was very well done...compelling & interesting....plus when you get the actual possible prime suspect being so often interviewed then this is really important.
Feel for Sophie's son & hopefully one day he'll & we'll learn the truth. It was probably Netflix's intention, but it throws up more questions than answers plus some major points seem to be missing
(a) the oft reported mysterious blue Ford car seen speeding that morning was never followed up?
(b) apparently Sophie's concerns with some local drug dealers (cannabis growers) were never investigated?
(c) how can a gate go missing???
(d) because of the Garda's general incompetence it seems that it could be a cover up at a high level?
(e) Why was the guy in the car with Marie Farrell never interviewed as a prime witness...to this day we don't even know who the person was? This makes surely the whole investigation a joke?
(f) Isn't it a little too obvious & easy that Bailey was/is the prime suspect...it looks like a set-up to off load the blame from the real culprit? Also, he has the courage to be interviewed whereas most prime suspects run for cover. Probably crazy but just can't image a poet & a journalist who uses a typewriter doing such a brutal murder
(g) It would have taken Bailey at least a good 90 minutes in a sober state to walk there from his own home (seen walking on the Kealfadda bridge)...but seemingly they (Bailey & Jules) had a car anyway? Really we should rule out anything that Marie Farrell said.
(h) If Bailey was having an affair with Sophie then could Jules Thomas be somehow a suspect (jealousy?)?
(i) It was an absolute joke that there was no actual photographs taken of Bailey's scratches & head injury? In any case surely the murderer wore gloves & that is why no fingerprints were found & so how therefore did the hands get scratched through gloves & why does it matter?
(j) Why was Sophie's body found so far from the house front door? How did she get there or come to be there...wearing a nightdress but boots? Were there at least 2 people involved in her murder? No matter how crazy all possible scenarios to possibly achieve this brutal murder then they all should have been re-enacted?
(k) Why would someone show such violence against Sophie...what possible motif could have made anyone do this?
(l) It was not explained clearly why the hitman scenario was dismissed? Because there were seemingly (unbelievably) no clues left behind then maybe it was performed by a professional(s) rather than an amateur (even if cleverly disguised to look amateurish).
(m) Why was the coroner so late in arriving (reasons for the delay...Xmas should not be an excuse for anyone that has just been murdered)...maybe an interview with the actual coroner would have been helpful?
(n) An interview with the actual clairvoyant medium, that predicted Sophie's life span would be short, may have been helpful?
(o) There seemingly was a second DNA type sample found, but no match was ever found relating to anyone? More should have been mentioned on this?
(p) Further to the unknown hitman, Bailey & Garda theories, then could the murderer be someone else? This idea was never followed?
(q) who from the Garda is accountable for this failure to find the truth?
This documentary should stimulate some further action on this case & so at least a 9 to Netflix for attempting this.
It would be very good also if Netflix could undertake a similar documentary for the disappearance/murder of Tony Jones (possibly took place on the 3rd November 1982) in Queensland. This is still an unresolved cold case nearly 40 years later & still causing Tony's family huge pain & grief.
