Wow, I was gone a few days and had to go back 2 threads to catch up! You guys have been VERY busy!!!!
First, Welcome to all those who have joined Thanksgiving Day and after! Seems we have lots of new folks, lots of interest, opinions, information, and lively debate. Cool!
I have a thing or 2, 3, 4 to add...
IMO....I had wondered about grandma's ability to raise these kids, given the problems she had raising her own. But her willingness to take the 3 kids, and later the 4th, was probably the major basis for giving them to her. And to be fair, it's not always the parents' fault when a kid goes bad. However, she was given a license to run a day care and take care of OTHER people's children, as well. We have been told by a local that day care had been closed for at least a couple of month's before this crime occurred, so thank God, there were not other children around at the time.
FACT....Alyssa is between 5'1" and 5'3". I have met her, stood next to her. I'm 5'4" and she's a little shorter than me. She's slender, probably a size 2/3.
Rumor, from one of her friends.....she had a 4 wheeler that was seen on Wed evening by the searchers, in the cleared strip (utility company right-of-way) behind/near her house. Maybe that's how she moved the body, if she did move it.
IMO again.........we have not heard what the circumstances were in AB's home the night of the murder. We don't know if she came home with blood/mud on her or not. Someone who first said they were close to the family, and later said they were a scammer who fooled us....yeah weird, anyway.....said that AB declined to help with the search that evening because she wanted to take a shower. That's the closest we have to actual info regarding her behavior that evening. Maybe she WAS dirty or agitated, maybe not. In actuality, we don't know that AB, EO and EA were not supervised that Wednesday evening. We all keep assuming they weren't, but we don't really know. Obviously, AB & EO weren't being watched when the murder happened, I'm not saying that, but earlier, when they were all playing in/near/behind the house, maybe there WAS adult supervision. Or then again, maybe AB, as a 15 yr old, was supposed to be doing the supervising. Generally, you'd let a 15 yr old watch younger sibs, but what we know now about her psyche issues, I wouldn't have let her. ooops, rambling.....
and another rumor.......someone said that she said she dug a grave, but didn't like it, so she dug the 2nd one. From this, I infer that she did not have plans for 2 murders, or two deaths. I'm sorry, I can't find anything to back this up, but I think I recall hearing it said on television....could have been a local news show, or NG, sorry I don't know. Anyway, it's a rumor since I can't back it up.
