he might say that because he wanted to discount the sighting of a man and a filthy crying little boy in the store at 6pm. It implies they went there together all 3 of them and in the store together too. On another note.. does anyone remember the abduction of John Walsh's son Adam? remember the suspect Ottis Toole.;. I have seen clips of him on TV.. i saw IR and thought about Ottis immediately.. same disaffected, below the radar.. not quite right, demeanor.. Low IQ? meds? i dunno.. but that "type". JMO.. Sadly, a lot of people might fit that "type". Even in Adam's case his body was found... If Deorr was kidnapped and sold, or worse, where is he? Could IR have been the man in the store with the filthy crying boy at 6pm? JMO and random ideas for debate..
ETA: Why do you think DK would want to discount the sighting of a man and a filthy crying little boy in the store at 6 pm? I can't figure that out.
If they went to the store as a family and the clerk saw both DeOrrs, did she see JM? She has not been mentioned in the accounts I've read. It's interesting to me that DK makes such a point of "as a family". Why emphasize that? Is there any possibility that DK and DeOrr went to the store at some point without JM?