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I have some questions and some comments. I'm not sure on the time lines, so feel free to correct me!
1. Somer is found Weds at 3:30 (I think IIRC). Thursday LE goes to Gano. They have to wait for permission from the owner to search the house.
I think, and I DO NOT know this not being an attorney, but I believe they wouldn't need a search warrant. This would be excellent for LE because they don't have to identify anything that they want to look for . Anything and everything is avaialbe for evidence.
If that supposition is wrong, oh well.
I am hypothesizing that something or multiple things were found on Somer that led them to the Gano house as opposed to anywhere else along her route.
I do not believe that they would search Gano for little reason. Otherwise, why not search the park areas, perhaps or other places very intensely.
They returned to the place where Somer was last seen. I don't know if was at that point (upon arrival at Gano house) that they talked with Kyle or whether LE had already been in touch with the construction company and Kyle had given story. (One my of my questions is When did LE first get info from Kyle about Somer stopping by? Was it before she was found? If so, then it would make sense to go to the Gano house because nobody else (adult anyway) reported seeing her after that. JMO but I don't think they are relying on testimony of children.)
I'm not an attorney either.
If they found something, I think they would want the search to be free and clear of a defense attorney being able to throw the search results out as evidence. JMO
2. LE DOES need a search warrant to search the construction guys vehicles and trailers and get swabs from them. They would have to present enough reason to a judge to get a warrant. I believe, but may be wrong, they would have to have some pretty good reasons.
The search warrant would have to identify what they are looking for.
May have not needed search warrant initially for all since some may have offered. (No, I don't mind if you search my vehicles, I don't mind if you take my DNA, My DNA is already on file, etc.)
3. They bring digging equipment in and dig in spots on the property at 11:30 PM. They move heavy objects. Like what? They already dug through the dumpster and a front end loader moved the stuff around.
The digging , and at night!, WTH? Why not wait until daylight when you could see? Is it so critical? What could be so critical ? I really really wish someone could have some thoughts on this. Even my hubby who works in big construction could not come up with any theories, except maybe they were looking for something related to past crimes at that house.
The digging from 11:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. is confusing to say the least. What would not still be there in the morning? That's what made me think that the night time activity at Gano was to detract from what LE was really doing. JMO
4. They go to the bathroom across the street at OPAA and spend very little time there. They remove something but don't spend time there scouring the walls and floor, etc. Posters have suggest the toilet tank, but I don't know that a public bathroom would have a tank. Or other posters have suggested a false ceiling. We will have to see on a report about the ceiling.
I hope any scouts to the bathroom can take a look-see and see if anything else comes to mind. I would think if it was in the trash, they would take the whole receptacle. I am mystified about this greatly as well.
Bathroom search -- no report of them going in the women's which would make some sense too, in case Somer went in there. Did they not search women's as well or are they just not reporting on what they found?
5. I am confused about the uncle of the little girl who walked with Somer. Is he an actual uncle or a boyfriend?
Did he say it was 50-50 that it would have been his niece before or after Somer was found? If before, that is HUGE!!!!!!! If after, well, not so huge.
The comments by the uncle were before Somer was found. I believe the uncle is a real uncle. I'll try to find the article (different from what has been posted here on this thread) about why I think so. It was during the time MommaD and I were working on the shortcut theory and I think that is Thread 16. I commented on it, whatever thread it was.
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8. iwanno, the supposed friend of DT has let the building, apparently. In one phone call, at the most 2, she could find out the name of the bouncer at the Crazy Horse that was the crasher at the funeral and at DT's house. So I am not too sure I give any credence to anything she posted on here.
I think iwannano will be back. She had kids IIRC. That doesn't always make for ease getting online, and for me, weekends are filled with activities, making it harder. Plus, I believe her child was sick. JMO
I hope someone has some ideas on my questions. Of course, maybe no one else sees my personal questions as any big deal.