His best friend too IMO felt like he knew what was happening. He was very adamant that kyle had nothing to do with the disappearance yet deactivated his fb profile and re-activated it when he got arrested. He and his gf were very close to him and erica so I'm thinking he must have known something besides kyle texting his mom.
I agree ... and also wonder where the electrical cord & duct tape came from. Did this friend of Kyle's provide it or did his mother Jo maybe provide it the night she was determined to be 1/4 mile from their apt (when she lives 20 minutes away and not around the corner), in the wee hrs of the morning no less. The cell towers (allegedly) picked up a call she (allegedly) made from her cellphone to Kyle in the wee hours of the morning of the murder. If that's true, what was his mother doing there? However and for whatever reason, I doubt that Kyle's mother took part in the actual murder. But I do wonder if she was aware Erica was still alive...speculating.
IMO Kyle's parents John & Jo would have had electrical cord and duct tape in their garage or storage shed amongst all the other junk stored in there and I doubt Kyle had any at his house since it was Erica's townhome to begin with and he moved in mostly with just the clothes on his back. It's my understanding he just moved his clothes and electronic equipment in... no tool boxes or outdoor equipment or handyman types of items or anything like that... at least that is what I was told... not 100% sure though.
If Jo brought the electrical cord and duct tape there, which might possibly explain why Jo was (allegedly) there around the crack of dawn (if that story is accurate & the cell tower reports were accurate) then her fingerprints might be on the cord and tape. If Kyle's friend brought them over LE will determine (if they haven't already) who actually supplied the electrical cord and duct tape.
IMO, I personally believe Kyle tied her up and bound and gagged her on his own and then placed her dying body, possibly unconscious, in the trunk. He would not have bothered to tie up a corpse and go to such extremes if she were already dead. Maybe he was afraid she would awaken in the trunk and try to open it using the inside trunk latch and bring attention to the car on the way to her grave 2 hrs away in Maryland where he figured she would not be found. I could practically hear his mother frantically saying, "Get out, leave now, get her out of here, out of NJ - go to MD if you have to, just leave, get out now" ...not literally heard her, just imo, speculation.
But if so, then Erica was still alive when placed in the trunk. Again, IMO Kyle wouldn't have gone through the stress and trouble of getting the electrical cord and duct tape to bound and gag a corpse... makes no sense ... but jmo and speculation - NBT
