What do you wear to late-night cliff-top visits?

A couple of comments on the Brandon Manai murder trial story today caught my eye because they raised a very good question.

"Fashionista" of Rancho Palos Verdes wrote: "I wonder what the point was of so vividly describing her outfit that night.... "

Julie Rosas was dressed up for a night-out-on-the town. What I didn't fit into this story is that, when she left her Norwalk home, she carried with her a grocery bag containing sweats or pajamas to change into after clubbing.

While the defense to the charge has still not been fully revealed, it's possible Manai's attorney may try to suggest to the jury that Rosas went to the Rancho Palos Verdes cliff voluntarily that night, and maybe slipped in a horrible accident.

The point, then, of describing her clothes is that most people would not go, in the dark, to a rocky and precarious cliff-top wearing three-inch heels, a mini-skirt and halter top. Also, that none of her belongings that she left home with, or her car, were found at the scene is, the prosecution believes, circumstantial evidence that Rosas did not go there voluntarily ... or maybe even alive.