Lately I've been reading more than posting and I just want to talk about a couple things that have come up during the time I've been reading...
1. Many seem to doubt the OD theory either because A. they don't think the POIs would be able to successfully cover it up and leave no evidence behind or B. because they simply don't see a reason for the POIs not to call 911 rather than take the risk of trying to cover it up. Both of these doubts are understandable and rational. But many other posters have done a good job of pointing out problems with doubting an OD theory based on these reasons by citing other cases or personal experiences when even 'friends' of the victim decided not to contact authorities when the victim was ODing and when POIs who most of us would deem pretty incompetent to successfully conceal evidence from LE did just that. I really don't think we can discount the OD theory, as implausible as it might seem to us (when considering these things it is impossible for any of us to assign our own set of morals or our own idea of our ability to cover up a death to the matter because the POIs and the circumstances in this case are very different from us or anything we have encountered)
A big reason that the 'friends' might cover up an OD and work extra hard to do so: their DNA on the person who ODed. If there was any kind of struggle, physical contact (esp. sexual contact) with LS before/during/after an OD this would presumably make the person(s) with her more likely to want to conceal her death. Obviously, I know there are still problems with this, including the likelihood that those POI around were probably quite out of it themselves and not prepared to handle something of this magnitude. But a death/fear of getting charged with murder/rape, etc. is definitely a strong motivator to do everything in your power to cover up and I think would also be very sobering.
2. About the POIs not being able to get rid of her w/o a car, someone else has laid out very well the possibility that she could have been put in a dumpster and the dumpster emptied/taken to a landfill before she was even reported missing. Alternatively, we have no proof of exactly when/if or to what extent all POIs' cars were checked by LE. I personally doubt that JR's visitor's car has been checked, for instance. Of course it's very possible that LE knew about this visitor from the beginning and we did not but, for some reason, I just don't get that sense. I think that LE was not aware of the visitor until fairly recently and therefore would not necessarily have had access/reason to check his vehicle. If not him, there could be others whose vehicles have not been checked by LE. It has been well-established that there are not cameras in the parking area at 5 North or in many areas in the vicinity so it is definitely possible that LE is unaware of all cars that were in the area that night and therefore, would not have checked all of the cars that might have been there.
3. Like others have said, I too am frustrated about the alley video and the 'activity' it may reveal. However, FWIW, the quote used in the Fox article: "We have information from that video that again gives us an indication not only of the direction (of her travel) but the activities that have taken place from where that video shows” doesn’t necessarily mean that there was any kind of activity of interest ON the video but that from the video they may be able to predict/make a good guess about what activity may have taken place after they left the alley. He says ‘an indication’ of ‘the activities that have taken place’ so he doesn’t necessarily mean that they know with certainty what activity was taking place (it could have been something that was taken out of the alley/out of view of the camera)…just that they have an indication. At least that is my reading of that quote.
http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-surv...spierer-last-spotted-20110612,0,7227876.story
Anyway, that's all for now. I think the big missing information that is needed right now is all the who/what/why/how/where/when info regarding JR's out of town guest. I would be very surprised if he didn't have any thing of value to contribute to this investigation.
