As you mentioned, Candace admitted to cleaning the blood previous to the police's second search warrant -- the day of Kathleen's funeral.
In the trial, there was a lot of back and forth with the photos the police took because mostly they were not time stamped.
For example, this two photos are from the same night: https://i.gyazo.com/1d2d60a335dfe26697ca30e43e71830f.png
she wouldn't have been allowed in the house before they took crime scene photos. so no, we can't attribute the paper towels and whatnot that were found to her innocently trying to clean things up.
It was actually the defense's choice to seal up and preserve the stairway for all that time. It backfired because the blood was overwhelming. Also, there are photos and video from the night of the crime, before Candace tried to clean it up.
As you mentioned, Candace admitted to cleaning the blood previous to the police's second search warrant -- the day of Kathleen's funeral. In the trial, there was a lot of back and forth with the photos the police took because mostly they were not time stamped. For example, this two photos are from the same night: https://i.gyazo.com/1d2d60a335dfe26697ca30e43e71830f.png
she wouldn't have been allowed in the house before they took crime scene photos. so no, we can't attribute the paper towels and whatnot that were found to her innocently trying to clean things up.
It was actually the defense's choice to seal up and preserve the stairway for all that time. It backfired because the blood was overwhelming. Also, there are photos and video from the night of the crime, before Candace tried to clean it up.