tomkat, regarding your post about the Helzer brothers murders -- read your link. Somehow I don't recall this crime, but truly horrific. I didn't get a clear idea from a quick read-through of how quickly the bags with remains were discovered, but I do see the relevance to this case.
Another thing that caught my eye was that Rohypnol drugging was used in some of these murders. I still wonder if toxicology studies showed any drugging in Lauren's case -- I've always thought it was a possibility.
A little off-topic but related: tomkat, being a local, you probably will have seen the articles, say, two to three weeks ago in the Macon
Telegraph and on macon.com (and on local TV news) where Macon police were seeking public help identifying and locating three men (pictures were posted) they wanted to speak to regarding an alleged rape that happened in a downtown Macon club (which wasn't named). The info that was released was that the victim was at the club with friends and was dancing with a man there, then disappeared for about 45 minutes, at which point friends went looking for her and found her (it wasn't clear to me where exactly, but seemed to be still inside or near the club), she was "unresponsive" -- she was taken to a hospital and I think was expected to recover. The theory was that she may have been drugged. Scary stuff!!
I have not heard anything further, whether the three men police were seeking were located, etc. You can still see the Macon PD media release at
http://maconpolice.us/?p=1318
ETA ...and here's a 13WMAZ report that adds a little further info, including the possibility of drugging:
http://macon.13wmaz.com/news/news/58916-macon-police-follow-leads-rape-investigation