Someone mentioned something earlier about a rumor of a possible informant. That could be a HUGE thing....
I live near a very big (well known) party university. Please let me share this story to understand my point. I can tell you what has happened to some kids in this area....It appears to me that rather than trying to go after the BIG drug crowd (b/c they can't seem to find them), LE goes after every little peon. This seems to be an attempt at scaring new people from joining the "scene" and therefore, the idea must be that if there's no new interest, the drug crowd will die out....simply but sadly, isn't going to happen. With the case I know about, a boy's rooommate was selling. This boy (an acquaintance's son - we'll call him Tom) occasionally smoked (more like rarely). I think his roommate was found on Craigslist and he didn't know him well. A boy came to their door, wanting to buy weed from the roommate and Tom said that the roommate wasn't there. He asked if he could use Tom's phone to call the roommate. The kid talked to the roomate, then handed the phone to Tom, who was basically told, "just go ahead and put his money on my bed. The weed is in my top drawer." so Tom did. The kid was an informant and the next day, Tom was arrested. Tom was given the choice to have a felony record (they lived close to a school) or become an informant. He chose the latter but from what I understand, there was pressure on him to turn in a "quota". These kids seem to initially start finding the kids who they've heard rumors about, but eventually they have to start turning in their friends. I've heard they carry on, acting like they're still partiers (and many are, so they enjoy having a sort of immunity) so that their friends don't know. So......
My curiosity leads me to wonder about this group. If the "informant" rumor is true, what if LS was one? Weren't one or more of these boys already arrested in a drug charge recently? What if that happened b/c of a tip from LS? What if the "big" drug crowd got wind of that and somehow knew that LS was the informant? Maybe JW knew she was one and maybe that's why he was scared for her. If there is an informant connection here, this could add to the reasoning why no one is talking.
