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Good question...
If this night ...that AH is speaking of...if the night...Haleigh 'went missing" this is my theory on that...
I know that most companies will not permit any employee to clock in..EARLIER..than their normal/regular starting time...unless by approval..
IMO...Ron went to work...EARLIER..(STRICTLY..to be seen ..to account for his wherebouts......and he could not CLOCK IN...until his regular/normal starting time.....He perhaps just hung around and talked to folks so they would remember him...being there...EARLIER....before him starting his job..But he HAD to be able to account for his wherebouts..before his normal/regular starting time...(since Haleigh had died ...just a short time before.)..His co-workers could verify...his presence at the job..before his starting time....
At Ron's normal starting time...he clocked in and began work...
This is just my opinion...based on his atty said Ron left earlier for work.
I understand what you are saying but I still don't believe he arrived at PDM by 4:15 or 4:30 that afternoon...
And to my knowledge there haven't been in witnesses who claimed he was there at that time...One would think IF he had an air tight alibi and someone saw him or even talked to him before his shift started at 5:00 pm or whenever it started, LE would have revealed that information...HELL-O IF it were me, I would be demanding LE tell the world I was there and I would demand the person/s who saw me tell the world they saw me......JMHO..