http://www2.counton2.com/cbd/news/l...news_police_have_leads_in_drexel_case/128176/
Wanted to do what I said I would do, find that video of Lt. Johnson speaking about the case. Unfortunately the portion regarding 'not knowing her directly' is not recorded or played during this clip, so either it was edited down or an off camera exchange he gave, but here is the video. Wont hurt to have it on this thread, I guess.
strato - I know that is what I have done, much speculation, that's all we can do. My best guess is still that it could have been someone or persons in contact with some of the others from NY, admittedly hanging on to that one phrase 'did not know her directly'. It seems odd around here, the use of that word, unless he was specifically asked by a reporter, 'Did she know them directly?' It could be completely insignificant. Most of the time when we hear the word 'directly' by good old boy LE in SC, 9 times out of 10 it would be in the context of "I'm going to go get me some lunch directly"...or 'torectly' if they're tried and true. :crazy:
Regarding the demand of the shorts, to put it bluntly, girls are b!tchy (hope that doesnt earn me a time-out!) at this age. We hear they were bickering the whole time practically. To me, it is only a sign of this other girl hassling her, exerting a control issue she probably has herself, "No, you bring back MY shorts, RIGHT NOW.",
just because she could.
I thought the changing of the hotels had something to do with their time being up at BH, friends were at Boardwalk Hotel, they wanted extra time and decided to go ahead and crash there, squeezing out an extra night/few hours sleep before they left. If they were to check out the next morning at BH, but knew this other crowd was staying a whole other day, they may have gathered everything up, moved on up there because they knew they would be up late partying til, say, 4 AM, and those 11AM checkouts can be harsh after a night of partying. If they had all their belongings there at Boardwalk before they came in from partying late, they could have just slept til 1, 2, 3 in the afternoon, THEN left MB. No mad dash on top of a hangover to deal with to make an 11-12 noon check out at BH. Leaving behind Britt's belonging, just more reinforcement these girls were mean girls - she hadnt showed up with the shorts by this time right?
'screw her!' If they were completely innocent of anything involving her disapperance, they're thinking she blew them off, is still with PB and
'fine, let HIM take her back to NY.'
The guys leaving in the middle of the night, yes, that one still bugs me, but again, with my
speculation last night, putting someone else in that room that PB knew had an eye for Britt, and suddenly no one can find her, but if it links back that this local was in this room, in his company, PB has to answer questions he is afraid puts his neck on the line for something he shouldnt have been doing - I can see it. Not completely honest motivations for leaving by any means, but still can't see him and the other guys doing anything to her and getting her to G'town without cameras catching them leaving BWR at practically the same time she does.
What I wont guess, but state firmly as my opinion, this crowd she was with, the whole lot of them, were self-absorbed, arrogant little haglets and a$$wipes....but willing to go running around lower Georgetown Co. playing hide the body and/or cell phone in an unfamiliar area of spooky woods where things definitely go bump in the night - NOPE, they're not gonna do it, not a one of them. I've said if it were any of them, they would have put her in a dumpster and headed on down to Club K.
Now, of course, not knowing where SHE is, that very well could have eventually happened, her ending up in a dumpster/landfill, but for her phone to immediately start traveling south (Surfside ping 9:15'ish...) and ping below G'town @ 10:18 - you'd almost have to believe SHE was WITH her phone the whole way with no pit stops along the way to dispose of her. Where she went from there, who knows, but I do believe she was, from 9:15/10:18 to some point in time, in that area with her phone, but that may not be the case by the next morning. Phone could have stayed while they took her elsewhere - but I dont believe 'they' I refer to here are from NY; never have.
PS - I'd LOVE to hear your speculation, wild as you may think it is. I've certainly offered up my share. It gives us specific details to think about and digest.
