MaryLiz
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I assume Aunt Diane managed to conceal her drug intake somehow. Vodka could be mixed with orange juice surreptitiously; maybe that was the reason for the multiple stops. I know passers-by thought Diane was vomiting, but if LE found her vomit at the places she stopped, none of the articles say so.
The smoking seems harder to conceal. But I know from personal experience that kids these days are like Hitler Youth when it comes to adults smoking. They are indoctrinated against smoking in school. (Of course, the target is tobacco, but I'm assuming Diane's nieces wouldn't know the difference between pot and tobacco.) (ETA do we know she inhaled the pot? Could she have baked it into brownies or something that could be eaten while she drove?)
So I believe that whenever and wherever she smoked, Diane did so without being seen by the children. Otherwise, the 8-year-old would have said something to her parents during that call, and the parents would have said something to LE and we would all know about it by now.
IIRC, Diane spent 4 hours on the road (including stops) before the accident. Maybe there were additional stops that nobody reported to LE.
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Excellent points.
I never thought about the pot possibly being in brownies. I am just totally convinced - and I definitely could be wrong - that if she had been blatantly smoking weed while driving, her niece would have said something about it when talking to Warren and telling him there was something wrong with Diane.
Regarding people thinking she was throwing up because of her position by the side of the road, it occurred to me that maybe she had dry heaves and wasn't actually throwing anything up. I agree that LE would have or should have gone to those spots to check and see if she did throw up.
I also agree it's very possible she could have made more stops that weren't reported by anyone.