A theory:
It always surprises me that TC supposedly 'cracked' when he was in jail and told them the tidbit about going to MC's and nobody answering that night.
Maybe LE had something on him and knew he was there that night and confronted him with it, so he had to fess up and explain why he was there. He didn't 'crack' he was cornered and it certainly seems that many parts of their story are made up as they go along, or as they are confronted with conflicting evidence they have to add another lie to cover the first one. So tommy says he was there but it was because of ....bla bla
Perhaps TC story of being there was bogus because he was covering something else up that inplicates him.
TC gets a call from RC that night from work, RC complaining he can't find Misty and he has to work late and do OT. Tommy passes this knowledge to MC. She now knows she has till 3am to get things figured out.
What went wrong? Who knows, but maybe TC begged MC to score him some pills. Off they go into the night on a run of the mill drug run leaving the kids at home sleeping. (the kids are most likely left alone for drug hook ups all the time with this bunch, especially if they were already sleeping, an irresponsible 17 year old would most definitely think they could get away with doing that) This could also be why LE asks if anyone saw her out that night to tell them, she wasn't at a party per se, she was out scoring drugs...
Say they were gone an hour or so, they come back, junior is sleeping, haleigh is gone, insanity ensues.
That would explain how mistys phone turned on (conveniently) shortly before ron came home at 3am, and she was awake and seemingly waiting for ron to tell him Haleigh was gone ... (when really as far as she should have known Ron should have been home at midnight) That's when she starts with the 'I woke up she was gone' story' calls 911
That always bothered me... that MC wouldn't have known when Ron would be home later than expected since she wouldn't answer his calls all night, but Tommy knew he was working overtime when Ron called him looking for MC!
Is this why the LE called Misty's story of that night 'sketchy' in their press release? The physical evidence didn't match up because the story was not thought out past the ' I went to sleep she was here, woke up she was gone' facts. Is this why TC bail was revoked? Maybe they have some evidence of his involvement, who know? maybe cell phone pings for all we know.
When MC was questioned further she added facts that she shouldn't have, such as doing laundry earlier in the night etc etc. She was spewing things that a normal responsible person would have been doing all night while in charge of two young kids, but she wasn't smart enough to forsee that that those facts could be disproven easily... no laundry soap, dirty clothes in the dryer etc.
Being so afraid of RC, not wanting to admit they left the kids there alone, maybe TC also wanted to keep it quiet because if it got out his wife would find out he was looking for pills. I could see those two coming up with an abduction scenerio, propping open the back door with a brick, adding it to the story, they knew they had till 3am to plan it out, think it through, maybe they were high, had a false sense of reality, but even with the extra planning time the story doesn't match up, not well thought out.
OR- Misty could have went and met a connection on foot at the railroad tracks, (as has been done before, as we have heard in the police reports of the drug arrests) She does the deal and heads home, again on foot. Some creep that bought (or sold) the pills can drive back and beat MC to her house, abduct Heleigh and be gone in his vehicle before she even gets back there. Poof Haleigh is gone. Misty (terrified of what RCs response would be) finds herself in a big fat mess, calls TC in a panic to help her....the story starts spinnning...
A typical dysfunctional drug fueled night in the mobile home park, went terribly wrong .
The more I hear and see in these video tapes, the more I can envision the lifestyle they were/are leading and I can see how it was most likely some typical scenerio in their every day lives, that turned into a huge fiasco, remember the people involved here are a teenager with no clue but a heck of a lot of bravodo who thinks she can outsmart everyone, and her bro that seems to always be at the party. Definitely a 'sketchy' night I'm sure.
(my opinon only)
This theory would exonerate RC, (altho it may be the fear he put into MC with his gun shenanigans etc that created a reason for MC to panic and cover up) it would explain why RC stopped at the store on the way home from work in no big hurry, he really was in the dark about the events of the night maybe.
It is MC and TC who aren't in the dark as much as they claim.
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All My Opinion Only.
Please let Haleigh be found. Anything, even a small clue as to where she is. We must not forget until there is justice for innocent Haleigh.