RSBM for focus
Between their arrival back at the Hilton and LE’s arrival after Brittany called them, was any one of them caught on security cameras at the hotel or otherwise?
Phone records and hotel room key usage would reveal some information, too, but there is no way to know who was making a phone call, sending a text, etc., or who was using a key at any moment.
I am finding it almost impossible to gauge the accuracy of BD’s account of those eight hours or so as nothing has been corroborated by LE or anyone else, other than that “Tyler was last seen in Columbus, Ohio on 2/24/2019. He was last seen wearing a green and blue flannel, white t-shirt, blue jeans, and Nike shoes” as posted on the OH AG’s website:
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov...io-Missing-Persons/Missing-Adults-1/Davis-(8)
As far as the friend is concerned, I don’t believe he has made any detailed statements as to what happened that night.
FWIW, the following is from an article that was published three days after Joey Labute was last seen alive:
“Police say detectives are working to try to locate LaBute,
who was last seen at Union restaurant in the Short North neighborhood Friday night. Detectives are ‘collecting possible evidence and talking to people he knows or was with when he went missing over the weekend,’ police said Tuesday.”
Columbus detectives searching for missing 26-year-old man
Six days:
“On Friday, Columbus police said surveillance video from the bar did not yield clues. A spokesperson for the department said the video was poor quality and that, while detectives had reviewed hours and hours of video, they couldn't find him in the crowded bar.”
Parents facing almost a week since missing man last seen
And coverage continued pretty consistent the entire three weeks he remained missing:
Found Deceased - OH - Joey LaBute, 26, Columbus, 4 March 2016 #2
I’m sorry for the rambling. Just an observation.