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The part that doesn't add together for me is when they mention how Shamji almost certainly knew of Zac's real surname and accent. Shamji brushes it off saying t
by kcatskcolbdi 3y ago
The part that doesn't add together for me is when they mention how Shamji almost certainly knew of Zac's real surname and accent. Shamji brushes it off saying that Zac's dad told him to use a different surname, but that doesn't explain the accent part.
Shamji also doesn't have interest in Zac's 'family money'. Or, at least, there's no documented action he takes which would indicate any interest.
Shamji seems interested in leveraging Zac's actual family contacts to fleece them in typical, above board, business-type scams. Or at least he has Zac set up meetings so that they can potentially identify a mark together.
Sharma seems to genuinely believe the tale about Zac's background, even after Zac jumps, as evidenced by the call with the chauffeur. Sharma seems to think Zac is (or could be) alive the next day, as evidenced by sending the chauffeur at all. Sharma also knows the address to Zac's parents' house while still believing that his mom is in Dubai.
>At 10:35 p.m., Shamji texted a friend of his named Mervin Sealy, sounding agitated. “I have just been heating up knives and clearing up blood,” he wrote. A few minutes later, he followed up with a voice message to Mervin: “I’m not fucking around, ni---r, come to fucking Pimlico and pick up this fucking car and drop me home, bro.” He added, “Shit’s about to go wrong. Wrong!”
This message is weird for a few reasons. 1, it potentially shows that the situation was heated well before Shamji and Dominique left the apartment. 2, I have no earthly idea what 'heating up knives' means in this context. 3, he sends this text just an hour and a half after they arrive at the apartment. So an hour and a half after arrival Shamji feels the need to frantically text and leave a voice message for someone to come get him out of the apartment and drive him home using his own car. Shamji doesn't, at this point, feel like he can drive himself home and Dominique is either unable or unwilling to do this either. If he's drunk and 'heatin up knives and clearing up' is some kind of slang for trying to sober up, then why can't Zac drive him home? Why can't Dominique? Why can't he just call an Uber? For whatever reason he wants to get out of there and make sure his car isn't left at the scene.
>“Mr. Shamji is then seen to look over the river wall in directly the spot that Zac has fallen into.” The wall is about four feet high, and Shamji cranes his torso over it, peering down into the water. Then he straightens, returns to his Mercedes, and drives away.
Shamji presumably sees the body and makes no calls or texts to Sharma. Sharma wakes up the next morning thinking that Zac is/might be alive and sends a goon to go find him. _Somehow_ he knows to send the goon to look for Zac at his parents' house without knowing that it's his parents who live there.
>“I’m thinking fuck this little kid,” Sharma messaged Shamji on the morning of November 28, 2019—Zac’s final day.
Whatever happened that night, it does not seem like a 'spur of the moment, Zac said something that seemed suspicious/off' scenario.
- throwawayknives 3y agoheating up knives may also be drug slang for hot knifing cannabis (or other drugs).
- MaryWhaite 3y agoMay not be heating up knives, rather, sheathing up knives, putting them away. Spell check error.
- jstarfish 3y agoNobody does that outside of feudal Japan or the Veldt. Anyone heating up knives is either sterilizing them for emergency surgery or preparing them for torture (branding).
- codyb 3y agoGiven that he’d been saying “fuck this kid” to Sharma, and then Zac subsequently died potentially attempting to survive a leap with a broken jaw at Sharma’s apartment… maybe Sharma was the knife and Shamji was agitating him
- kaycey2022 3y agoEverybody in such games seems to participate in a bit of self delusion. Even the cons. Even if they come across some details that don’t add up, they would rather shut up and stay in the game rather than question it and walk away. If you were the sort who would question every little detail then you are unlikely to be a participant in this sort of deal making/fixing enterprise. Those who would obsess over minute details would either be rank outsiders and non players, or those who have already made it and have too much to lose.
- SadieQ 3y agoZac had not passed his driving test yet. Remember he emailed his mother to tell her that he had used her credit card to book part if his driving test? That's when she texted him with the much much much love reply. Also Dominique had brought her own car which he had parked in the Riverside apt car park. So she could not drive Shamjis car for him