clarification: it is not that the allegedly faked photo is of any scene near the Saudi consulate, it is that (the allegation goes) the photo was faked for the MSM circulation (starting with CNN and WaPo) in order to try to support the claim that Khashoggi and Hatice were engaged.
Some ppl who claim to know more say that while the two were acquainted at least via Twitter, there is zero public info before this case to say that they ever were engaged or that Khashoggi was so close to her at all.
THAT is why if the sole photo of the two of them together as a “couple” turns out to be faked that would be highly suggestive.
The MSM story runs that Hatice his fiance was waiting for him near the Saudi consulate and that he never emerged.
IF it turns out that she and Khashoggi were not even engaged and/or that her role in this is suspect somehow, then of course many questions open up for examination.