Yeah, her interview seems to have made things even more confusing, at least for me. If it's true that BM was in town all day then he could not have been home when the communication suddenly ceased at 12:30. Even if he went home for a short time it doesn't make sense that something would escalate quickly to violence and then he would just leave again possibly leaving evidence behind.
I wish we knew the context of the conversation when a friend or family member made the comment about hush money. From the beginning those close to BM knew he would be considered a suspect. His Firefighter friend said LE did not want them part of the search. Barry's army friend criticized the way LE handled the bike on the very first day. I can imagine one of them saying sarcastically to MG, "Well he would give you your check now but we wouldn't want it to look like hush money."
BM probably didn't want anyone cooperating with LE. Maybe he got the word out right away that LE was trying to frame him and those who supported him advised the employees that they didn't have to hand over their phones or give investigators any information.
And why would MG even implicate herself, suggesting that she knows something about Suzanne's disappearance? No wonder LE asked her to take a lie detector test.
IMO
Thread is fast.
Here is my understanding of a timeline now.
Is this right?
Sat:
1100 leave worksite Salida
1130 possible BM arrival Puma Path
1230 phone message conversation ceases
(SM last phone ping?)
1300 Possible BM depart PP
1320 back in Salida and a cascade of Saturday events.
Being seen shopping, hotel room plan, Denver work orders to MG and JP, tool selection.
2300 machinery noise at work site.
Sunday:
Mid afternoon arrival at hotel room.
Maybe that night noise was BM getting ready for Denver at 1130 at night because he had been just too busy during the day, and needed to get going in the early am.
Who is acting like a meth head? Not his employees.
It's BM that rages, has unexplained manic energy and executes weird plans at odd times.