Body in the Basement: The death of Amanda Antoni

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This is an edited post of a reply I made re: this case on another site not long after initially seeing the Netflix UM episode - soon after it was released. I recently re-watched the episode, and my opinion had not changed here:

The UM episode focusing on the tragic AA Canadian case, "Body in the Basement" was one of the better episodes in this series. I honestly had never heard about this case before seeing the episode.

I believe this was just a tragic, horrific accident. I don't believe foul play/a stranger in the house were involved at all. And, it was proven that the husband had nothing to do with this, given that he had an alibi - i.e., he was out of town @ the time AA died.

Here is my take on this. Obviously, this is all IMHO only:

I believe that AA was either:

1) Impaired/disoriented due to the migraine & the drugs she took (for the migraine) & that this led to her tripping/falling down the basement steps - or,
2) The other possible explanation(s) are that she simply tripped on her dog/lost her balance due to tripping on something else.

The fall down the long flight of steps to the basement resulted in her extremely severe, fatal injuries. After she ended up on the floor in the basement - it looks like she briefly got up & walked around. And, I believe that soon after she succumbed due to the head injuries/blood loss. I have known of at least one case where someone did die from falling down their steps (resulting in a head injury), so this is absolutely possible.

Her clothes being in disarray could have been something she did herself due to her disorientation. I.e., the clothes being this way doesn't mean that someone else did this to her.

The dog not going down the steps to check up on AA is inconsequential. It may have been spooked/scared due to the noise(s) caused by the fall; the smell of blood, etc.

Also:

-AA showed no signs of assault.
-There was no evidence of any DNA/fingerprints of anyone in the basement - other than AA & her husband. Going along with this, there was no sign of forced entry into the home, and it didn't appear that anything had been stolen.