Would McDowell have really forgotten the second security camera?
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Would McDowell have really forgotten the second security camera?
Could this second camera have been hidden from his view? Did he assume having his back to it would protect him by blocking his actions? Or was he just so arrogant that he took the risk of it catching him, having never before been held accountable for anything? What do you think?
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This puzzled me too. He was in a medical setting which is where he would be most at home. It is not clear in the book why he ignored the camera, so perhaps it was not apparent. Or possibly he thought that both cameras turned off the patient would be very suspicious whereas one could be explained as accidental.a9436 wrote: ↑18 Oct 2018, 12:12 In Jeremy's hospital room, McDowell very deliberately turns one of the security cameras away from his crime, yet he neglects to turn the other one, which contributes to the suspicion surrounding him and his ultimate downfall. It seems strange to me that he would deal with one but not the other.
Could this second camera have been hidden from his view? Did he assume having his back to it would protect him by blocking his actions? Or was he just so arrogant that he took the risk of it catching him, having never before been held accountable for anything? What do you think?
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I agree with you. The second camera had to be hidden from his view and he did not know another camera existed.Bookmermaid wrote: ↑20 Oct 2018, 21:17 I think that the second camera was hidden from his view so that he didn't know another one existed. He took the time to shift the focus to avoid incriminating himself and would have simply ensured that the footage of the camera bear no incriminating evidence.
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