Much has been made of such things as 'same clothes' or 'makeup'. I see nothing at all wrong. The stuff about the ironing board being up and the garment being there, I think it was simply a spontaneously undertaken task that was perfectly sensible. How many women would remove a coffee stain promptly from a garment rather than going on a cruise and returning ten days later? Yet people see something wrong with taking the time in the early morning to attend to a task like that.

Note: Did Patsy observe a knife at that time, the one at the side of the laundry room countertop that didn't really show too well in the police photograph? I think she would have mentioned it. I'm sure the intruder had left the house by then.