one of the few things that LE released early on, (& still), is that they had reason to believe that Misty wasn't in the trailer that night. Since they rarely go to the trouble, of releasing information, I believe that, at least at some point, Misty wasn't home. Since a neighbor heard a female scream, & then another neighbor saw her in the yard, crying on the phone, I think Misty was gone earlier in the night, & came home to find Haleigh gone. Early in the evening, it has been reported that she & Ron argued over babysitting. I think it's possible that instead of the argument being about her wanting to babysit her brother's kids, it was about her wanting her brother to babysit Ron's kids. I think it's possible that she left the kids with him anyway, or just left them alone. If Ron called Tommy, looking for Misty, & he really did go check, then he would've found the kids alone. & whatever happened happened. It seems that the cinderblocks, yellow rope, etc...can be connected to Tommy. I don't know about the bag. Tommy being responsible, could explain why this story doesn't jibe. Misty, coming home to a gone Haleigh, would've suspected Tommy, but wouldn't have known for sure, & she would've latched on to a stranger abduction theory. (at Tommy's urging, maybe). & claimed to have been asleep, (again, maybe at Tommy's urging), because to a teenager, there wouldn't be much difference, between being asleep & being gone. After they were arrested, & Tommy came up with the 'Joe did it' story, Misty's role was kept to a minimum. She was in another room, under the covers, & wasn't an actual witness. But Tommy claims to have been there for the whole thing. He explained the rocks, the rope, the disposal location, etc...It's MOO, that Misty has been repeating the story that Tommy later fed her. & this is why I think she would go along. #1, she's in deep, & knows it. She has lied & lied & lied. #2, she didn't hurt Haleigh, so that in her warped logic, makes it ok to lie about other stuff. #3, her dad has put the screws to her...threatened to move away & not visit anymore, relayed a question from Tommy, on why she hated him, claimed (at a very late date), that he was on the fishing expedition that implicates Joe, related the story of Joe stabbing his sister, & (very early in this case), made a point to verify that Misty had always been a rock solid sleeper, that wouldn't have awakened to a stranger. IMO, these things point to Hank, taking suspicion off of his kid(S), & on to other suspects. I think Hank knows where Misty was that night, so it's MOO, that Tommy is the kid he's been protecting. & one other thing, in an attempt to stay on topic. I think Misty is lieing about hearing Haleigh's attack, & Jr.'s account leads me to believe that there was no screaming Haleigh or Misty, no raging Joe, no struggle or ransacking for a gun. The house was quiet, Jr. heard the squeaky shoes, & saw the bouncing couch.
