I can't figure out how that even happens, with all those people knowing about her very immediate problems! All those people knowing something was very wrong AND the sighting by C which went unmentioned for weeks. How does that HAPPEN? How we get from her speaking to all these people on the 29th and early 30th to no one calling LE until the 2nd. And LE not following up on their earlier phone call with Gail at all until Diane and Matt called two days later.
Well that certainly sounds familiar. And I'll gladly climb back on that soapbox, except this time to say that having listened to the Jammer interview, I know now that there may be a partial explanation. We actually had this partial explanation before, but I didn't recognize it until I listened to the Jammer interview today.
Patterns of behavior.
Gail tells Arlene she'll go to Mike's house, and Arlene arranges for Mike to go over, but when he gets there - Gail's not there - she's gone to Birmingham.
Gail tells Arlene it's okay to come to Birmingham the next morning and meet her there, but late morning, she texts Arlene - Gail's not there - she's headed back to Signal Mountain.
Gail is supposed to see Arlene, probably for Mike's birthday party, but when the time comes - Gail's not there - she's gone back to Signal Mountain.
So when Gail tells Matt she'll meet him back at the Signal Mountain house, and he gets home, and - Gail's not there - what would everyone who knows her think? Oh that's just Gail - she's agreed to be somewhere again - and not there again.
I remain concerned that with Gail being in extremis around noon, and talking with Diane and LE, well, I don't know what happened there. I bet Diane called both Matt and LE. I bet LE called Matt. I bet Matt said well, Gail has this habit of taking off after agreeing to be somewhere. Diane may have known about this pattern of behavior, so some worry was alleviated on everyone's part.
Until some time had gone by - until May 2 - and everyone knew that Gail's pattern of behavior didn't include no contact for that long a period of time, so calls started being made to LE etc.
I still find it curious that LE seemingly didn't follow up on that call of distress with Gail. I still want to know how they reconciled that Gail was going to be okay. The explanation may be as simple as what I just said - they may well have spoken to Matt or Diane or both, and one or both of them may have told LE that it was a pattern of behavior for Gail. In which case, LE, not hearing anything else, assumed all was well until they started getting more calls on the 2nd.