The new info that Kelli left the "interior of the bar" not long after midnight has me scratching my head too. The other night I was too tired to post any more thoughts.
An idea that comes to mind is that Kelli and NH went out back to smoke (I don't believe Kelli would smoke pot due to the random testing given by the Army). Early in the case, VOH confirmed that the barrels were lit Friday night (if I'm wrong about this, I'll take my lashings!). Now, does that mean that LE has determined, through interviews with the FB patrons, that the last time Kelli was observed in or around the bar was shortly after midnight? If so, we can probably conclude that someone else sent both texts. The texts sound off imo. Her trouble may have begun shortly after midnight.
Plus, if it's true that Nick picked her up at her apartment (we never pinned that down before), then dropping her off where he said he did doesn't make sense either (unless that's where he picked her up too). Where he picked her up was never part of his story. He said he figured she didn't want him to know where she lived exactly and that she seemed 'spooked'. From that, many of us thought she may have seen a familiar vehicle and didn't want to be seen in Nick's car. Yet (see below), if he used the taxi, why would she have the need to hide from anybody?
Wasn't it her old boss and friend (the one who is married) one of the people she was texting Friday night? But he said that he didn't get a text back and at some point the next day he tried to call her, text her, etc. Then, there was another character too, Justin. He was a former bf who Kelli may have picked up with again shortly before she disappeared. There was something about him having concert tickets Friday night but he had been in touch with her too. So, who received the last two texts? Both texts requested that the person call her. Did the person call her? If not early Saturday morning, sometime on Saturday and then again on Sunday? How rare is it that he couldn't reach her? Who received those texts? Why weren't they alarmed sooner when they were unable to contact her? I mean, even if she didn't type the texts, why wasn't that person trying to reach her constantly over the weekend?
The only answer I can come up with to my question above is; if the person who sent the texts, is the same person who received the texts. Does anybody else think it's strange that whoever that is, he didn't contact anybody sooner inquiring about Kelli's whereabouts? Afterall, her family and friends knew she was living alone at the time. This perplexing lack of action is what keeps me from believing 100 percent that NH is the perp. How would NH know who to text and why is it a secret who she texted at 12:-- a.m. and again at 1:-- a.m.? Who would that person be? It should be her husband but, no. ????? Mom, no. Sister, no. Girlfriend, no. Love interest, yes. Best friend, yes. (imo, not your male best friend who's married tho.) So, if the married person received the last two texts, (but I don't think he did), NH could have sent off the last two texts to the last person Kelli had texted earlier in the evening. NH might not realize how odd that would appear to others later. It might also explain why that person kept trying to reach her over the weekend though (as per the info he gave during a TV interview). What if she sent the texts to her boyfriend? What could that mean? Still, the language used in the texts is off. If I had received them, I'd be eager and then desperate to reach my friend asap on Saturday, right?
Another bit of information I can't seem to shake off, is that Kelli, a petite woman at just over 100 lbs.?, drank heavily that night. Iirc, she had four shots and four beers - is that right? SHE DIDN'T PAY HER BILL BEFORE GOING HOME. In the latest article, they state that Kelli was picked up at 8:00 p.m. If she stepped outside just after midnight, that's under four hours of drinking time, maybe only three, if she began feeling sick earlier and had already stopped. And what if someone put something in one of her drinks? She may have gotten sick or even died and a cover-up ensued (involving the owner and NH). LE took evidence from the back of that van and we've never heard anything about the results. No one can say for sure if NH used the van which is a taxi. It would make sense that the taxi was used to transport patrons at risk for DUI from the owner's bars. That would benefit the owner as he didn't want to draw attention to his "club" due to someone leaving drunk and having a wreck. It makes sense that NH would be enlisted as a driver and would make better sense as to why Kelli used him as a ride to begin with (versus meeting him once or twice at FB and then randomly asking him to pick her up - not her type imo!) The use of the van would also fit into LE's request if the public saw anything that may seem normal but mean something to them between midnight and 12:30 a.m. (A drunk woman or large package being loaded into the back of the van.) Also, this theory fits with LE's comment that they believe NH knows much more about what happened to Kelli than what he's told them.
