As this is my first post, I apologize in advance for any errors in form or content. I have been following the WS discussions on the JL case since our local news media in NOLA lapsed in updates on the case (which was shortly after the arrest of MAS and TS and the search of the house in Kenner.) Around that same time, I had the strange occurrence at a local K Mart store when I found myself in the customer service line with a dancer from Temptations. She explained to the cashier that she was returning shoes that she would not be needing because she had quit her job.She went on to say that she worked at the same club with the girl who was recently found murdered and that she did not feel safe any longer. The cashier listened but did not seem too familiar with JL's story, and as much as I wanted to ask her all the questions I had of my own (or had read on WS), it was not the time or place. It was enough for me to know she realized that she and others could easily find themselves in the same situation as JL, in spite of the fact that MAS and TS were in jail on other charges.
Ever since the Temptations video was aired to the public, I felt MAS and TS were regulars there. They walked in confidently and made a beeline for what they were there for. The doorperson gives MAS a thumbs up as she dashes behind TS. Given the short amount of time they supposedly spent there before leaving with JL, I think they had prearranged for her to leave with them, or JL had accepted a similar invitation from them before this one. After watching tonight's episode of Final Witness, I think it's likely that JL knew one or both MAS and TS. There seems to be a code of silence with many of the dancers and employees of these clubs due to the (illegal drug and sex) environment they work in.
As for what happened to JL, I think happened closer to the first discoveries on the beach than what some on WS have proposed. It is common for families from NOLA and surrounding cities to have camps and vacation homes on the MS Gulfcoast. Maybe someone in MAS's family has property in that area? Or maybe someone from the clubs, an employee or regular client has a place in MS that the dancers frequent? And JL's, MAS's, or TS's possible connections to HM might also have placed them in the Pearlington or Bay St. Louis area near HM's family.
Maybe LE is taking its time b/c there are so many dots to connect with so many possible connections to TS? I hope when JL's case is solved so are many others for those families who need to know what happened to their daughters, sisters, and young mothers.
thank you
