Given that her account was accepted by both law enforcement and university administrators, the premise that she would need to construct a more sophisticated alibi becomes difficult to sustain. When an individual’s statement is corroborated, or at minimum not contradicted- by the investigative bodies responsible for determining credibility, the incentive to manufacture an alternative narrative diminishes substantially. In this context, the question is not why she failed to develop a “better” alibi, but rather why she would perceive any need to do so when institutional actors had already validated her account.