Reading over my own post, the article linked above makes it sound as if a female friend went to look at the request of MG. I wonder if LE has confirmed that this was truthfully reported or are we taking a person's word for what was found on the first check? Here's the timeline as reported in the the two article links below (and a few details from earlier posts where links have seemingly disappeared):
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20100812/NEWS/100819943
http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20100813/NEWS/100819926
Aug. 3rd--Heather talked to her dad in the morning but he was unable to reach her in the evening. MG repeatedly called Heather "at her house" (land line?) and got no answer. Maybe MG meant by cell but that's not what was reported. This is interesting as Heather had a cell phone as reported by her former husband. He sent her a text and I don't believe many land lines receive texts. dcc66, one of our posters, says that Heather did readings for her and that they spoke and texted frequently, as friends. Heather got off the phone at 1 pm on this day, telling dcc66 that she needed to do homework. In some of Heather's photos, one can see a cell phone clipped onto her jeans' pocket. Was her cell found? What about the records?
Aug. 4th--MG asked a female friend to stop and check on her. I've found that MG most likely lives in North Bend, OR which is a 1 1/2-2 hour drive to the coast. (Note that North Bend is no where near Bend, OR.) So, MG, must have traveled inland during the three weeks he knew Heather or she traveled to the coast. He met her through someone at Mystic Earth but doesn't exactly say what their relationship was--business, friend, etc. He states that he "loved" Heather and he mentions that she was always smiling so most likely he saw her numerous times. He mentions talking with her while she did a "cleansing" of a friend's home. I wonder if this is the same woman who he asked to check on her? The woman who MG called, went to Heather's house, noted that the door was open, the truck was there, and Louie was present.
Later that day, MG showed up and he and neighbors also checked the property. I'm starting to wonder here why closets weren't checked. By this point, if I was a friend, I think I'd be starting to consider some awful possibilities. The door, the truck and the dog are all huge red flags IMO. Notice that there's no mention of a purse, wallet, or cell phone either present or missing. The female friend of MG's called LE.
Aug. 5th--LE searched the home/property and found Heather's body. Is this typical to wait to search? When I went missing once, within 20 minutes, S&R were called out and everyone in my address book and all the neighbors were questioned. I realize that I have a health issue but there were some strange elements in Heather's disappearance. I would think that LE would immediately respond to the home just to do a check and then release a missing person's report.
Aug. 6th--SM was arrested for using Heather's credit card. Being that family stated that he'd moved to Sutherlin by this time, it's highly possible that he didn't even know that she was dead on the 6th as police had only found her body the day before. They would immediately put a watch on her credit card and he used it. Being that they'd lived together, it doesn't raise a lot of red flags for me that he had her credit card number. He could have ordered something over the internet on a Paypal account that they used. I'm not defending him just thinking of all possibilities.
Aug. 9th--SM was released with no charges filed (pending completion of the investigation). This tells me that LE aren't too worried about SM.
To my mind, the biggest questions are about MG and the female friend. The woman seems to have been the first on the scene and MG arrived a short time later. I'm not quite sure how or if these two people were ever in contact with family or even knew whom to contact. Heather's family also called LE but they were already on the scene. I'm fairly sure these two folks could explain their actions if they are allowed to and happened to find us.
