I just don't see FD coming back from the Albany run and then traveling all the way to NC to break up a bike in the middle of the night. AND that it would take hours. FD already knew LE was onto him. Not going to NC for any reason, IMO. I also don't think taking apart the bike would make loud banging noises. Taking the bike apart would take an angle grinder or some such.
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Also, sound carries oddly. How do the neighbors really know where the sound came from? There is a softball field 2 blocks west of my house and it gets quite rowdy there sometimes. It is so weird though because the noise
sounds like it's coming from 1 block to the east(which is beachfront). A new resident on the street was unaware of this phenomenon and came out of her house to ask what was happening on the beach this late at night. I explained to her about how the sound was coming not from the beach but from the opposite direction. Weird.
Since the bike was seen in the back of the Toyota and the label was found on Albany, I am going with the bike made it to Farmington. Where is the bike? Where is Jennifer? Maybe FD propped the bike up somewhere or dumped it during the part of the Odyssey that was hidden from camera view. He put the rolled up liner in plain view, why not the bike? Or maybe FD or MT disposed of it during the Vehicle Relay Games on the afternoon of the 24th.
Why was FD late to see LE? I don't think he overslept as he started texting LA at 5:39AM and continued to text and call throughout the morning. He was needing to get in touch with his lawyer who told him to start writing alibi scripts. MT said that the scripts started to be written that day or the next. I doubt being on time to see LE in NC was much of a priority. All IMO.