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From here (in this theory)....no crime scene at the home? Or was there a crime committed there that wouldn't leave much forensic evidence? So did Dylan run out of the house? But if so, wouldn't MR follow him? Did he run out of the house and immediately get abducted by a stranger? Did MR follow him down the road and a quick crime ensued (and that's why LE are re-searching that portion of the road)? Would Dylan at about that time try reaching out for help by phone or text (the 9:37 communication)?
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AZGRANDMA and other Family/friends - Caution... You might not want to read this post as I'm going to posit a theory of what could have happened, and don't know how to say some of this in a way that won't sound clinical...
I'm actually leaning toward this scenario - that something happened in which DR didn't actually die within MR's home, and perhaps even that he wasn't deceased if/when he was placed in the lake. I'm thinking that perhaps DR could have been struck unconscious (no blood) or could have even been poisoned (again, no blood and not actually deceased), and then could have been taken somewhere in one of the trucks (alive), and dumped into the lake - again while he was still alive so that it would make it look like an accidental drowning.
This would all account for the facts as we know them at present - that there was no blood indicating a crime scene inside MR's home (or not enough to indicate a likelihood of death due to the amount, and no "spatter" marks, etc...), HRD dogs wouldn't hit on any scents in the home, nor in MR's truck as DR wasn't deceased yet when he was last there. The air scent dogs wouldn't be able to confirm/deny if DR was in the truck unconscious at a later time because he was already known to have been in the truck earlier, and alive, so his scent would already be there.
The air scent or tracking dogs didn't find indication that DR left on foot, and LE stated that DR may have "somehow left the house", and also note that Bender only said the scent items wouldn't need to be used "here at the Lake", because if DR was in the lake the HRD dogs would be needed to find him as he would be deceased at that point...
Now, contrary to common thought, it's actually quite difficult for a coroner to tell if someone was deceased upon entering the water, or if someone drowned. There are some common misconceptions about drowning victims floating and other such things (got into a conversation about this and did a bunch of research last night in relation to another case involving water right now - Kira Trevino's). Actually discovering whether someone drowned or not is more a matter of ruling out other possible causes of death, and not by the presence of water in the lungs (unlike what is usually stated on TV shows, in movies, etc...). Which is why I hope they are able to recover DR's body - if it is in the water - before it warms back up so that more evidence will be available to the coroner/medical examiner. Someone being knocked unconscious say from a strike to the head, or chest, etc... will leave different evidence than say falling off a shoreline, or pier and hitting one's head on a rock or something.
One more theory I guess would be that DR was alive, but unconscious, and MR - or someone else - killed him right at the shoreline, and immediately dumped his body in the water (this would fit in line with the misconceptions that come up in google searches in regard to someone dying just before hitting water).
Obviously these are all scenarios and theories that are based upon speculation with only a few based upon known facts, and statements made by LE.
As always ALL of the above is MOO!!! :cow:
I'm trying to explore scenarios, and theories, that might fight within the parameters of all we know, and what many people suspect in regard to who might be responsible...
Again, I apologize if positing this theory has caused extra pain for DR's family and friends. It's so hard to discuss these things and not be specific, or try to address them in a way that wouldn't be difficult. My heart breaks for all of DR's family and friends.
My heart also breaks for MR, believe it or not, I do have some compassion for people - even if I think they are likely guilty... I often find that I'll never understand why people may make the decisions they do, and but I feel bad for the child that person once was that had choices, and opportunity. (If that makes sense to anyone else... it's hard to explain). All that said, there is no excuse for anyone to hurt their child - if that's what happened here. And, if something did happen that was truly accidental to DR at the hands of MR, then there is most definitely no excuse for the last 4 months of agony for anyone...
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Those smiley guys are so cute!