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Why all the rigamarole over the clothes?

posted 14 years ago by Pearl_Jade
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When Elvis takes Paul's body to the lake to bury it, he removes Paul's clothes.

He then takes the bloody clothes home and rinses them in his shower.

From there, he puts the clothes in the trunk of his car and drives around in the normal course of his work for who-knows-how-many days.

Finally, he drives to some remote location, takes the clothes out of his car, pours gasoline on them, and burns them.

What gives? Paul's body is hidden within the depths of a lake. Why remove the clothes in the first place?

Anyone have any theories or care to discuss?

[–] joejakubik 14 years ago

So the body would be more easily eaten by gators? (Only a theory...)

[–] spookyrat1 11 years ago

I could understand the removal of them at the lake, but like you I didn't quite get why he rinsed them, then burnt them at a later date. It was strange, but then again he was a strange individual.