... Suppose Lauren did leave, and then someone who was called by JR found her, and then an overdose ensued.
If the last calls for help with Lauren from JR's apt were texts, then no need for return text. See, we have been told there were CALLS made and no ANSWER.
If someone had Lauren's phone, they possibly received a text to the phone from Lauren or JR saying Lauren needs her phone and a ride home. Since everything occurred within a few blocks that night, suppose this person with Lauren's phone heads up towards JR's and encounters Lauren.
From that point, anything could have happened. But, if something bad happened, that person could not be caught with Lauren's phone, or as being the last person to see Lauren, as it stands at that point, it would be JR,
not him....
Just because the employee at Kilroy's found the phone the next day does not mean it stayed there all night. ...
Sorry it took me so long to respond ... I needed to think on this.
I see your point about the texts vs. calls. I've always assumed they were actual calls or we would have been given different wording. When CS says LS last used her phone at SW, that, I believe, could be texting or calling (probably texting, since it's what young people mostly do). OTOH, when calls are connected with JR, that makes sense to me, since people might have been sleeping by that point and wouldn't have seen a text. A call makes more sense under those circumstances. JMO.
Re: LS' cellphone. IMO, she just forgot her cell at Sports vs. something nefarious happened to it. But there was a point where I speculated about another girl taking or moving it ... or even CR. That, IMO, would be to keep LS from being able to use it. As further information about her condition that night came out, I more or less concluded that, IMO, she just lost her cell. Even under normal circumstances, my daughter has misplaced her cell. And LS wasn't having a normal night. JMO.
Part of my problem with thinking that LS could have left JR's on foot is that he claims he let her leave alone. Maybe it's wishful thinking, but it bothers me that a friend would have let a friend do that, based on the circumstances. Even if she wasn't still highly intoxicated, she had a bruise on her face that she didn't know the source of. And JR allegedly saw that bruise. That would have been another warning sign, IMO, that all was not right.
I could buy that someone came and met her, and then she took a turn for the worse ... but why wouldn't JR just walk her home, since SW is so close? Maybe it will come out that he had "company" he didn't want to leave or was himself throwing up or out of it. But until something like that has been confirmed, I'm skeptical of his story. Regardless, I'm willing to continue to look at all options. I think it's smart to do that, actually.