imo, whatever happened occurred before ron went to work. There would be no reason to lie about what happened before ron went to work unless something happened.
Ron's attorney stated that ron arrived at work 30 to 45 minutes early and he did that every day. I do not believe that. By stating ron arrived by 4:15 pm, there is 45 minutes ron does not have to account for his whereabouts.
Then you have ron's story to cobra about picking up haleigh and going to work.
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cobra: What van could misty drive? They`ve already told me, they told me
that the day that haliegh came up missing… that afternoon when she picked
her up from the bus stop… she picked her up in a van… and that uh, you
come down there flyin` sideways at the bus stop… hey, where my girl at?
…and you know… you lookin` for misty. What is all that?
Cobra: Oh, they lyin?
Ron: All that is wrong, dude. I picked my daughter up from the bus stop that day!
I dropped her off at the bus stop… and i picked her up at the bust stop!
Cobra: Well, i am glad you told me that… you know why? Cuz these scratches on
the van and all that s*** i`m glad misty didn`t do that s***, the van, you know
driving around. I think joe was driving the mother****** van!
Ron: I! I picked my daughter up from the bus stop… and she sat in my lap…
*advertiser censored*** what the world thinks, they can all suck my d*** …. I let her sit in my lap
and steer the car home… and she put her left blinker on to turn left down the dirt
road to go to my house! When she rounded the (unintelligible) and s***… hit the right
blinker! Okay?
Cobra: Damn
ron: I got out, i gave her a hug and a kiss… i gave my son a hug and a kiss,
gave my girlfriend a hug and a kiss, told her i love you… i`ll see y`all when i
get home from work.
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ron makes a point of stating that he picked haleigh up that day. Ron gets very angry and defensive. He tries to make his anger about haleigh driving. Imo, that is a deflection from what he is really angry about, that anyone would say misty picked haleigh up because that messes up the story he told.
Then ron goes into detail about the drive home. But ron misspeaks, catches himself and changes his story. Ron says haleigh turned on the left blinker then realizes she would have to turn on the right blinker to get home from the bus stop.
Could it be that misty picked haleigh up from school without ron's permission and ron in anger went after them? Ron does not mention where junior is at this time. Who had junior? Maybe junior was never there and that is why he is never mentioned. I think this is when haleigh got hurt. With all the references to the gun, i think ron pulled out a gun to threaten misty and haleigh got in the way. Either ron tried to hit misty with the gun or fired the gun and haleigh was injured.
Then ron talks about what happened when haleigh and him arrived at the mh. Ron says that "i got out, i gave her a hug and a kiss" etc. Ron does not say haleigh or my daughter but her. He then immediately jumps back in the truck and goes to work.
The thing is ron never mentions haleigh getting out of the truck, only himself. With all the detail he gives, it is hard to believe he forgot to mention how haleigh got out of that truck. Which makes me think that haleigh did not get out of that truck on her own? That haleigh was hurt and could not get out on her own. If haleigh was even in that truck. If haleigh was hurt in the other vehicle, the one misty was driving, ron would be the only one getting out of the truck. But ron's story about picking haleigh up has le checking his vehicle, not whatever one she was in.
I think ron carried haleigh into a house in misty's blanket. I don't know if he carried her into the mh or someone else's house. Ron did not realize how seriously haleigh was injured or did realize and had to start the cover up.
If i'm right, this explains why misty would keep quiet. If haleigh was with her when haleigh was injured and witnesses at the bus stop saw her, misty could have been convinced that it wa her fault and she would be the one to go to jail.
From that point forward, i don't think ron would trust misty with the cover up, only what he told her. Imo, misty was given something to knock her out so she would have no details on who did what. I think ron went to work while his mom and gma set the cover up in motion.
I think the plan included calling tommy, misty and others to pont the finger toward them.
The croslin men do not seem to be afraid of ron and do not seem to like him. I think if they knew what happened, they would have talked to get misty away from ron. I think they were given enough bits and pieces to figure out some on their own but did not have the proof. Now that tommy is in jail, he is talking and telling everything he heard. Some of what he is saying matches some of what le alreadys knows as fact.