Retracing the Events at the Bell Tower - Did Ali Kill Ian?
Weâve been trying to figure out what exactly happened to Ian Thomas as well as, why Noel Kahn was in the finale.
1. She hit her head and never woke up âŚ
During the struggle between Spencer and Ian at the Bell Tower, Ian recites a possible suicide note for Spencer as he proceeds to unsuccessfully push her from the tower. He also mention this:
And the letter, the one I wrote on your computer wonât answer all of the questions but, itâll answer enough.
At this moment we learn that Ian had Spencerâs suicide planned out.
2. What are you doing here âŚ
As Spencer was dangling from the tower, a black hoodie walks up and Ian instantly recognizes this person. His shocking response was none other than âWhat are you doing here?â The widening of his eyes showed that he was shocked/surprised to see this person. In the 4B finale this hooded person was revealed as being Alison DiLaurentis.
The girl thought to be dead during this particular scene but, Ianâs reaction wasnât that of a person seeing a ghost but more of a person he hadnât seen in a while (if that makes sense). His reaction wasnât shocking enough for a person who was seeing someone who was presumed dead, which made us wonder if he knew Ali wasnât dead.
As hooded Ali knocked Ian off the tower, she quickly walks away to get out of sight.
3. You did what you had to do âŚ
As the liars try to comfort Spencer, Ian is left dangling in the ropes; a rope around his neck and one underneath his arm. You have to wonder how he managed to untangle himself when he could have easily been hung to death from the ropes. This is impossible to do for a person hanging at the feet he was, also we reviewed the screen cap of his body hanging and noticed that the ropes were carefully knotted in certain spots and there was a main rope leading out and away from where he was hanging. We believe this is how he was pulled down and we question Aliâs story.
Ali said that she was waiting in the back and that she saw him, âhe was still alive.â If Ian wasnât dead and was just unconscious, then who pulled him down? Besides the Liars, Ali confirmed she was there at the scene, Mona claimed in 4.01 that âI didnât push Ian from the Bell Tower. I wish I knew who did,â and Noel Kahn was in the crowd. Therefore, we figured that Ali and Noel Kahn could have worked together during this time to pull Ian down from the ropes and put him in a car out back.
Weâre suspecting Ali and Noel because he had to have served some sort of purpose to what happened at the Bell Tower especially since he was seen standing in the crowd that night. In the finale he was the one who was helping her so itâs possible he knew about her being alive for some time. Also, Ali had a few reasons to kill Ian; a broken heart from Hilton Head, the risk of him telling others that sheâs alive.
4. Heâs been dead over a week âŚ
Ian was dead longer than a week, this was mentioned by Melissa. If Ian was dead longer than a week than we assume that after his body was taken from the Bell Tower Ali and Noel decided to make it look like a suicide. We also suspect Ali because she wore the black hoodie that night at the Bell Tower and Ian could have very well been dead after falling into the ropes, but he was shot in the head to make it seem like a suicide.
The person who murdered him was seen in 2.04 putting Ianâs phone into Spencerâs bag. Remember this is the same person who was texting Melissa and asking for drugs. We still believe this to be Ali because who would want to see Melissa hurt more than Ali.
Melissa was threatening Ali during the summer of her disappearance and she followed Ali and Ian to Hilton Head.
Melissa told Ian that âif he saw Ali again someone would get hurt.â That sounded like fighting words to me, so âgame on b-tch!â
Ian said he was just âkilling time until something better came alongâ - she was young and this was probably her first crush so to hear those words was very upsetting.
The suicide note. We decided to review Ianâs suicide note:
I killed Alison. I lost my temper because she knew too much. But thereâs only so much you can bury. It wonât be that easy, but I know how to get rid of the pain. I canât run from the law. Com and find me.
After reading this letter we matched it up with some things from what we saw in the season finale and this is what helped us with this theory that Ali could have possibly killed Ian (please click the link above for the photos). Because she didnât deny or say if she did or didnât, no one bothered to ask.
A list of things to think about as to why Ali is the number one suspect:
Ali wore the black hoodie
Aliâs stories doesnât match up with Monaâs, they share some of the same events but are slightly different. Who do you believe?
Ali told Hanna âthe four of them combined remember more about that night than they think they do.â Meaning the girls memory from that night is still gone and have yet to surface. Therefore, could Aliâs story be the truth are a lie?