Since this is a thread about TNs behavior I hope this is the correct
thread to post my opinion of why TN sometimes appears to behave suspiciously. As I said this is just my opinion. I believe that from the start that Ron was suspicious of Misty. I believe that Ron's standing by&backing Misty has been a facade from day one of Haleigh missing. I believe that sometime very shortlly after Ron came home and discovered Haleigh was gone(within that 1st 24hrs) I believe that Ron&for sure TN&good possibility Gma too, but for sure RC and TN had a long discussion and thats when the plan was set in motion. That the only way that Ron thought he could get to the bottom of what happened to his daughter was to convince Misty he was 100% devoted to her and that by marrying her it would solidify that devotion..Therefore hoping that he could in time get the truth from MC. Even if by just a little bit of the truth at a time. Hoping that the more devotion and unconditional love that he showed her, the more she would eventually tell the truth or atleast enough of the truth for them to be able to figure out what happened. I know Im rambling. I just hope I am atleast explaining it so that ppl understand what Im saying. So if this were the plan hatched from the 1st 24 hrs then it definately would explain TNs inconsistant behavior. Because she had to also accept MC and back her and support her just as RC was doing. She had to go along for their plan to work. It explains why that now she no longer is singing the praises of MC. Because the game is up now that theyve got her behind bars. She is hoping that now LE can do the rest to get the needed info to bring Haleigh home. I also believe that LE has been in on the "facade" too. That they have known that it all was an act that RC and TN were putting on in hopes to somehow get the answers from MC. If you carefully listen to the released jailhouse phone calls it completely backs this theory of RC and TN and LE all being in on the facade of RC supporting MC.. I hope this atleast makes SOME sense.. If not Ill try to explain tomorrow after getting some rest.
ONCE AGAIN MOO. But am quite confident in my belief..
You're making perfect sense, jessigirl. Not saying that I'm convinced but I see where you're coming from. It would certainly explain some things, like why Ronald looked so angry at his wedding and in the courthouse Misty interview tape. He was not a happy groom, IMO. Although if his plan was to convince Misty of his everlasting love maybe he ought to have tried a bit harder to look like a happy groom? He looked like somebody who was forced to marry the leftovers from the dinner of his cat. If I was Misty I'd have run away fast.
Your theory would also explain the hinky fake feeling that many of us got listening to Ron's family praising Misty to the skies. It was simply because it was all fake.
My problem with this is, Misty, Ron, TN and AS were all there, in the middle of it all. It is one thing to fool strangers who haven't been privy to the daily interactions between them before and after Haleigh's disappearance, and really had no way of knowing for sure what had been going on in the home. But they all knew what had been going on and Misty knew they knew.
Everything was not pink pudding and roses between them even before Haleigh's disappearance, and the whole "we love and support her unfailingly" charade represented a significant change. Misty must have known that they all knew the truth about her unwholesome activities, and that LE had told them about her inconsistencies, aka lies, and she must have known that her DH and her inlaws were blatantly misrepresenting the truth in the interviews. So I think that she and her family must have been wondering why, and if they didn't realize it was just a fake support they're even more clueless than I thought possible. I just don't understand how Misty ever bought it. Granted, she may have been hungry for love and affection but surely it must have seemed somehow hinky if the man she had just had a stormy break up with suddenly goes from "dumb ***** gf" to "I love you, be with me forever", and if the MIL who you've known for just a few months and whose granddaughter you've recently misplaced suddenly thinks you're the best mommy evah although she knows all about your drug use and extracurricular activities. Especially if she had anything to do with Haleigh's disappearance she must have been wary about people suspecting her.
Also, if you're trying to fool strangers you just have to playact in a few NG interviews, but they'd have had to fool Misty all the time. Looking at the wedding footage it seems to me that if Ronald was trying to be a doting lover his acting failed miserably and if he couldn't get it together enough to fake a smile at his wedding how would he have fared pretending every day?
I have never heard of LE suggesting or going along with plans that involve the missing child's parent getting married with the person of interest in a missing child case. It seems like it would be emotionally far too hard for the grieving parent and it is also somewhat irresponsible (IMO) if it involves subjecting the other children in your family to the POI. Who's to say the rest of them are safe with her? And if you manage to break the case, it would be easier for the children to cope with the arrest if the POI does not live with them. Would the evidence you get be admissible in court anyway? Also, even if it eventually turned out that she's innocent after all, living with the suspicions and the pretense of love probably creates an atmosphere of mistrust, tension and stress and it's not good for traumatized children who need all the emotional nourishing they can get.
I guess what I'm trying to say that in some ways it seems like a stupid plan. It does not seem at all likely to me that it would work. If Ronald somehow managed to get Misty to trust him and float on his eternal love, why would she want to spoil it all by confessing, "by the way, I've lied to you for quite some time, I killed your daughter/sold her to a pedo/ accidentally gave her drugs and got Tommy to feed her to the gators"
But maybe it's not out of the question that habitual drug users might come up with stupid plans.
