On the NG interview (I might have to go back and have a second listen if we can't clear this up together) I think either AW or HC (Heather) said that what they heard (via grandpa?) was that Mariah got hit, they didn't know if she was dead and KW said something like just get rid of her.
This surely has to have come from what the boys witnessed? I don't see it coming from KW or EK or LE. If it was the boys it could explain them not knowing if she was dead, not the adults.
That is a very good point! I hadn't thought of that, I was thinking it might have been from KW telling her relatives what happened.
But you're absolutely right, that was all witness comments, not from KW. Oh those poor boys hearing that!
I was also wondering if EK got back from 'dumping' and KW asked if it was done, and maybe EK replied something like "yeah, threw her off a bridge into a creek. No one will find her there." And if the boys overheard that, then maybe that would explain why the searches seemed focused on bridges over creeks but they just didn't know which bridge over which creek.
If the dad overheard that on the speakerphone, I am totally understanding why he would release that report to the media. Those poor little boys! They were aware of the nature of the SA on their sister, they heard what was happening through those thin walls, and they must have been so frightened that someone would get rid of them next. Oh those poor things :-( And they feel like daddy abandoned them, too, and God knows what KW and EK told them about their dad not coming to get them. Oh those poor little things :-(