Early on, a big deal was made out of Misty being stuck at the trailer, with no ride...but then Chelsea said that Ron had bought the purple Altima for her. So, where was that car, that night? What did Ron drive to work? I know Ron & Chelsea both claim that he picked up Haleigh, but a witness put a worn out Misty there, & smacking Jr to boot. Could he have mistaken other people for Misty, Haleigh, AND Jr? I don't think so. Could he have gotten his days mixed up? maybe, but after the news of Haleigh broke, I'd think his memory would be clear. I'm still believing the witness, because he has no reason to lie, & also because Shomaker's latest claims on Ron picking her up, were a little hedgy & not very convincing. & IMO, Chelsea's version of Ron not rolling the window down, so she could wave at Haleigh, were as unbelievable as Ron's mushy version, of letting Haleigh drive. So, besides possibly giving Misty a ride for that night, what would this mean? What motive could both Ron & Chelsea have for placing Misty in that house all night...while LE was pretty adamant that she was gone? Where did she go & what was she doing? & I'm wondering if this is the info that Lisa was blackmailing her with? What information could make Misty, Ron, the Croslins, & the Cummings, all insist that she was home? & TN & GGS joined in on this too. I'm stumped.
Do you have any info on the witness at the busstop, like was it just some person, or someone making a plea deal? Because if it's just someone at the bus stop, I'm going to believe their version way before I believe whatever Ron, Misty, or Chelsea say.
IMO, if Ron was at work and Chelsea was at home, then unless Misty showed up at one or both of those places, they have no more information on where Misty was than you or I do.
There was an AC guy, and Misty's story about that is he showed up around 5, Misty called Ron and AC guy talked to him on the phone, Tommy was there, and all the kids were playing outside. We don't know what AC guy said, but since we haven't heard anything to say otherwise, I'm choosing to believe until proven otherwise AC guy has confirmed this with LE.
GGMS says she went by to drop off laundry, and saw both kids sometime between 7 and 8. LE later went on to ask about Misty's activities after 8pm, so again, until otherwise proven, I am choosing to believe GGMS's story checks out with LE.
So, with all that, IMO, the reason all those people say Misty was home is because Misty says so.
Tommy says he was there about 10 and no one (not just Misty) was home. My question is how does he know? Did he go in and see no one was there? Just because it's dark and quiet doesn't mean no one is there. Was Misty's car gone, too? Anyway, if that's true, that means Misty AND the kids were gone, not Misty left the kids alone.
Anyway, I see what you are getting at, but since my opinion on it is Misty was at home, and if she did leave, it was to get rid of Haleigh, my answer would be because Misty really was there. My only explanation for Misty insisting she was there the whole time is because Haleigh obviously isn't there anymore, so she thinks that absolves her of doing anything with Haleigh.