I was just thinking, and NW's recent comments almost remind me of HT's comments when LS first went missing. HT was by no means trying to speak negatively or smear Lauren, as I believe NW was. The comments have entirely different tones, but they do seem to both follow the idea that this night may not have been much different than any other night for Lauren, except that this time it "went too far" and now Lauren is gone.
HT's comment that "She is just a really fun and smart girl who loves hanging out and partying, and unfortunately it went too far this time." (
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/sear...ester-20110607)
NW speaks of LS supposedly having a substance abuse problem and says that the one night LS went out without Jesse to care for her, this happened (paraphrased).
So the very high level of inebriation may have been fairly typical on a night out for Lauren... the difference was on the night she disappeared Lauren was not with her girlfriends/roommate HT or with boyfriend JW. People who may have cared for her, took her home, or (I hope) may even have sought medical attention for Lauren. Instead, she was with these 5N boys, who do not appear to have lifted a finger to help her.
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Also when re-reading an article from 2011 I was again reminded that JR knew HT as a good friend, and therefore through HT he also knew LS and had hosted LS at his apartment many times. CR and LS barely knew each other, having met only once the week prior. I am not clear on whether LS and MB had made acquaintance with each other at all-- perhaps they also met the week prior at the Indy 500. Maybe the reason that MB called JR/took LS to JR's at the end of the night (if we are to believe that story) was simply because he knew Lauren much better in comparison to CR and MB.
It is odd to me that JR would not have called HT, had LS been brought over to his apartment terribly inebriated and insisting she go home. That just doesn't fit. HT was the connection through which JR knew LS, and he would have known that HT was Lauren's roommate and one of her closest friends. HT also would have been able to meet Lauren halfway on the walk home, and also open the apartment door as Lauren was missing her key. Why wouldn't she be called, if Lauren was really going to be walking home? Maybe there was a text sent that hasn't been made public?
I wonder if while with MB, Lauren could have incoherently mumbled something about her heart condition- (in the context of feeling unwell). If I were MB and a tiny girl I didn't know who was in a drunken stupor mentioned that she had a heart condition and/or did not feel well (indicating she may be in danger, but probably not speaking clearly enough to explain why) JR knows her much better, so I may call him. Well, actually I would call 911 but clearly these men did not do that.
Just my opinion, mixed with a side of ramblings.