Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-6175354-20161010033114/@comment-24674051-20161101160301

Which means that when Daddy Charming was killed, Snow was still living happily at the castle with Leopold and Eva.

while i sometimes wonder if the writers understand logic (I mean, the last episode's backstory was DURING THE DARK CURSE... when did they decide to change the rules? To be discussed on the Dark Waters episode thread), I still think applying a little logic to the current dicussion is merited.

So, Daddy Charming (presumedly) died when David was 6 years old. If we are expected to believe that his death was caused by someone important already on the show, then we need to look at who would have been around at that time, how old they would have been, and what motive they would have to off the father.

So first, who was around. Well, Snow is known to be around the same age as David, so would have been 6 or so. No chance there. Regina, let's see, she's probably around 14. She, at that time, is more interested in Horses and normal teenage stuff (at least normal by EF standards). Definitely had no interested in David or his Daddy. Belle? Probably not even born yet. Zelena is 16 and safely trapped in Oz, still providing shaves to her adoptive father. Emma is not even a twinkle in David's eye, and Henry, well.. He's not even a twinkle in Emma's eye.

That leaves either Rumple or Killian, both of which have opportunity, having been around for a couple of centuries. Killian was busy running errands for Peter Pan, so if Killian did the deed, it would probably be because Pan told him to. And we have no reason to suspect that either Pan or Killian have any motive to murder David's dad. One thing working against Killian is the method. Stabbing a man is definitely Killian's style. But then you have to wonder why he would stage the murder to look like an accident. Something does not add up. Warrants investigation, but not my prime suspect.

Finally, there's Rumple. He has Opportunity (being 200+ years old at the time of the Murder), plus he has had previous interaction with the victim, which plays into possible Motive. The Motive deals with the arrangements for James being with King George while David, Ruth, and Daddy get to keep the farm. If Daddy Charming chooses to talk, or if he gets drunk and spills the beans, that could cause a lot of problems with King George and Rumple, so Rumple would take action to silence the problem. That leaves us with Method, and we have seen that Rumple is not beneath stabbing someone when it suits his need (using his every trusty dagger, as we saw him use on Hyde).

So with Rumple we have clear opportunity, good possible motive, and reasonable tie in with the Method. There's at least enough here to warrant further investigation by any legal standards. Rumple is my prime suspect at this point.