JR is the easy suspect for most people, he was the last to see her, his story is a bit shady (most think watching her turn the corner is impossible), he had opportunity, possible motive...
So, in the interest of not beating a dead horse, I am trying to think of ways to implicate someone else. That someone being JW.
So far, the alibi for JW seems to be his room mate or house mates, saying he watched the game, could not contact LS afterwards, then ended up going to bed at 2:30 and had no incoming phone calls or texts. It was also said that he drove his room mate to his 8:00AM class, and appeared normal at that time. Wow, 8:00 AM, that is early, especially in summer session on a Friday. I'll just bet hardly anyone was stirring at that time. I wonder what he did after he drove his room mate?
Here is a quote from
http://www.lohud.com/article/201106...isappearance?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|News|p :
After reading this account of HT's tale over and over and over, the time line seems so weird to me. It could be bad writing. Interestingly, the one thing that stands out here that is odd is the statement by the reporter, "later that morning panic ensued." All the quotes from HT involve Friday afternoon, not morning. But, we do have another report (still looking for the reference) where CR is seen the next morning asking "hey have you seen a little blond girl".
So, I conclude that there was something going on the very next morning. And we have CR looking around the nearby vicinity - as if LS may have tumbled out of 5 North, set herself down and just passed out, and he expected to find her.
Maybe JW was up and about earlier than that, and he did find her?
We've all seen pictures of some of these friends passed out on lawns and front porches...
Also, we have all heard CR's attorney say that a couple of days later, there was another confrontation with CR. I know that very early on I had heard it involved JW and his father... but since then I haven't seen that repeated. But the point is, by mid afternoon at the latest, HT already had the story, and everyone in that camp knew that JR was the last person with LS, not CR. Why confront CR? Well, JW must have heard something to upset him about CR.
So, no, I don't think JW can possibly be dismissed. In fact, his alibi does nothing. He was up and about very early the next morning, and may have discovered a passed out LS... possibly making him the last person to see her.