Rewatching Lohud timeline video: two points..1) I interpret stairs sitting head slam to be at one of those houses with grass with rails. Not the new stairs at end of new apt building. 2) Chuz..did you take into consideration the incline of sidewalks..alleys..in calculating feet per minute. Lohud video sure looks like inclines going to..fro apts. Unless it is camera angle.
bbm. that would have them emerging from the alley, at 2:51, then turning sharply left instead of diagonally across lot towards JRs. Then to the sidewalk of Morton St., turn left again and you're at the north end of 10th and College Village, with the townhomes that have the stairs and rail, that would make sense, if they went to ZCs apt that way. Those townhomes have basement garages that I think open up to the alley in question. The bar mgr witness said she doubled back to see if Lauren was ok. maybe that's when she saw the clock.
Perhaps at the beginning, LE received 1, 2, or 3 conflicting stories, and then decided to go with the most likely, using the emergence from the alley, the most reliable scenario, and only the last to see her.
Re-reading CS's last post on their family update website, says that she constantly goes through the last reported events of that night, and it comes down to someone knows but won't tell what happened.
IMO, this is not a case where the simplest answer must be true. As far as women being involved, from the get-go I've never believed it was just guys.
Or just students from out of town, involved.
When ZC intentionally or unintentionally reinserts herself into the story, she does so out of guilt, and she states that. She feels guilty that she didn't answer her door. But she also is certain that JR is innocent. She used the word scapegoat, which usually denotes that someone is taking the blame for someone else's actions.
Was ZC friends with MB I wonder. People have brought up, why would JR readily admit being the last to see Lauren? Because he was, and others knew it , LE has said others were present but they won't say who the others are! They made a last call to a guy, but LE won't say to whom
Why would anyone say there is no one else but the 5N guys and JW?
JR was not the only one to leave the country right after--ZC did too.
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