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possibly, but ultimately it morphed quickly into 'she may have been taken'. running away infers a past or present conflict which JS said there wasnt any that would cause Madeline to take off and further, she was not the type to run away...heard the same thing from Madeline's aunt in the short media clip...emphasized she was not a runaway.
I don’t think JS was in the midst of a manic episode during those press interviews. My mom has bipolar disorder and JS’ behavior looks nothing like mania, IME. There’s no rapid or pressured speech, no racing thoughts, nothing to indicate she’s feeling overconfident or having grandiose thoughts. She’s not easily distracted, her thoughts are cohesive and easy to understand, and she doesn’t appear to be feeling euphoric or agitated. The lack of eye contact and leg shaking are more indicative of anxiety, IMO.
I agree that I wouldn’t view her as manic in that interview. JMO. I’m not that kind of doctor.
How far is grandma's office from school? And how would she have gotten there? Did she walk? If she didn't know how to get home how did she know how to get to grandma's workplace?
OK, so let's say Maddie forgot her phone. JS has stated that. Then why didn't she, or her unemployed 'favor granter' (SS) take it to her once JS saw she left it at home? You know, just in case Maddie needed it to reach out to her mom for something important during the day? Why? Because she didn't forget her phone so need to drove over and drop it off for her.On the note of asking for a ride: why not ask a friend to borrow a phone?
While it is possible, and maybe even likely MS would not know her mom's phone number, we know she had social media. So she could have reached out via other methods. In theory, of course, as she was no longer alive...
That also always stood out as troubling to me right away too. MS didn't have her phone that day, but I assume 99.99% of the rest of the kids did. Kids don't forget phones. I could see MS maybe getting to the car and realizing she didn't have it and going back inside. They start the day checking in with friends, scanning social, listening to music. Just doesn't happen, IMO.
Right? Come to think of it, why didnt he dump it with the knapsack? If she normally took it with her? What bird brained plan was that part of?
Because the phone could be tracked. He’d have to turn it off first, which would be an incredibly suspicious last ping.
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I know you're right, except I dont know if he was smart enough to think it through, could have been dropped in the woods by the church? why keep it? Maybe it's nothing, maybe it was another stall tactic. Who know's how that guy thinks?
Yeah. There is a list of things that raise eyebrows in regards to her potential involvement, but this phone thing doesn’t move the needle at all for me.
You would think she would also have been on her phone after the birthday party, telling her friends all about it. I find their assertion that she came home from the party and went right to bed without ever going online or doing anything on her phone far more bizarre than anything that did or didn't happen with her phone after she was dead. It really makes me wonder how that whole night unfolded.
Nah. I see no reason why a parent would need to drive out of their way to and from the out of area school to drop a phone off to their student. They’re in school. They’re safe. If they need anything, they could ask the office to call mum. They also have their laptops from the schools and could just as easily email a parent if desperate. I don’t find it odd or unreasonable that no one brought her cell phone to her that day especially if a parent was to collect them after class vs say a school bus or them having a walk home.
