http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1376552
One of the last people to see Celina Cass alive says she feels a lot of guilt that she visited the New Hampshire girls home the night she disappeared but failed to protect the 11-year-old from whoever killed her.
If Id have stayed there an extra hour, maybe nothing would have happened, Cassandra Hunt of West Stewartstown, N.H., told the Herald. Its hard to live with that.
"failed to protect" ... a very interesting choice of phrase, and "nothing would have happened" ... also very interesting.
Would that person's additional one hour presence have prevented a determined "perp hiding in the bushes" from harming Celina or ... would that additional one hour presence have so satisfied a certain other someone that the someone might not have acted out in such an evil manner after all guests had left?
.. or is that story really not relevant, or is it relevant in a way we would not expect?
Hunt, who lives near the home Celina shared with her family, said neither she nor another guest saw anything that caused them to worry about the little girl the night of July 25.
She said they left about 9 p.m. contradicting statements that Louisia Cass, Celinas mother, made to the Herald earlier this month. She [Louisia Cass] said the pair were still at the house when she went to bed at 9 p.m., and were in the company of Wendell Noyes, Celinas stepfather. Louisia and Wendell Noyes have separated.
The other houseguest declined to speak with the Herald.
The newspaper has agreed not to publish that persons name. FBI agents interviewed the two extensively, Hunt said.
This is the crux of the Celina Cass murder case:
- WN and house guest CH presented similar stories.
- LN presented a different story.
- Unidentified house guest (might that guest be NN or someone else?) declined to present a story.
WN has stated: "
We left the door unlocked." and "someone was in the apartment after we went upstairs."
bbm .. who are the "
we"? I suspect that was a figure of speech ... as he and LN typically would leave the door unlocked for KM's late-night excursion returns.
LN stated she went upstairs @ 9pm and tha WN was still on the porch.
I believe WN and guests were on the porch at 9pm (give or take a few minutes for the typical end-of-visit banter) because .. the guests were leaving and WN simply was being a gracious host and properly seeing them out the door.
Did the guest(s) know WN would leave the door unlocked?
Did someone, knowing the front door remained unlocked after WN retired to bed, re-enter the apartment?
Did someone not want to stop "socializing" and "drinking" that evening?
After re-entering the apartment, did someone entice Celina to "have a drink" .. and "a" drink turned in to "too many" drinks? Alcohol poisining, and / or was Celina sexually molested, then murdered?
The more I ponder this case, the more I believe someone is hoping LE maintains a focus only on WN .. and not the actual perp.