IMO your thought process makes sense although I don't know if DC is trying to frame CP or if she's actually implicating him and he really did do something bad. IOW is she fiendishly clever and doing her best to take the focus off herself or is she trying to communicate that he really did cause Madalina's disappearance? I dunno.
But in any case it's clear to me that notwithstanding her vague and passive statements (wanted to avoid conflict, husband put the family in danger) her timeline shoots a guilty arrow directly at CP. Ignoring possible conflicts between November 22 and 23:
She reported that Madalina went to bed around 10 pm Wednesday, November 23. That same night she and CP argued. Thursday morning CP left the house. Early afternoon (approximately 11:30 am/12 pm) DC checked on Madalina and found her missing, along with her backpack and some clothes.
So, kid goes to bed, dad leaves the house, kid's gone the next morning. Says mom. Interesting IMO that LE hasn't said much in msm about that but instead they've been stressing how *both* parents are holding back important information.
To me that implies there's more that LE hasn't yet shared and they're not ready to let either one off the hook. JMO.
In her arrest report, Madalina Cojocari’s mother said she didn’t call the police when she noticed her 11-year-old daughter was missing, despite her family urging her to.
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