Investigators wondered whether both the slaying and an earlier incident involving the pantry of a nearby home being set alight had a shared perpetrator with an attitude of contempt towards the old-time dancing that Mogano, her husband and the owner of that residence were into, but the line of inquiry into this theory led to a dead end.
[111] Another line of inquiry that led nowhere concerned a bogus official who called at a house less than 200 yards from the Moganos' on the afternoon of the murder, saying he was there to inspect the electricity meter before making sexual advances to the woman who answered the door to him.
[112] Neighbours of Mogano told detectives that they frequently saw her making afternoon trips from her home from late 1953, but where she was going or whom she was going to meet on each of those occasions was not established.
Fingers and ribs were missing from the remains, suggesting that they were left uncovered and interfered with by local foxes before being buried.
Police stated that they had identified two suspects – one with "a history of violence" – that have since died, meaning it is extremely unlikely anyone will be charged with Swinscoe's murder.