WSLS
The Commonwealth stated Tuesday there was a small amount of marijuana found at the home during a search. Social Services still has custody of the couple's infant, Abigal.
Noah's father, Paul Thomas, also admitted to police he smoked marijuana on April 1, 2015, which was in the middle of the investigation and on the day of Noah's funeral.
http://www.wsls.com/story/28844412/judge-to-hear-appeal-from-mother-in-noah-thomas-case
That is one dedicated pot smoker... to keep marijuana in your home and smoke it when you are being monitored 24/7 during the investigation of your missing child is a unnecessarily risky decision. It makes me think that there may have been a lot worse in that house that was disposed of, if not getting rid of all the marijuana was a "safer" drug to be caught with.
I don't condemn anyone for smoking marijuana as a standalone event. I actually do not have a problem with normal, responsible people who smoke pot.
I had entertained the idea that the marijuana found in the home was maybe just like a small piece of a joint or something in an ashtray or something, that the parents forgot about or didn't realize it was there.
But, since PT admits to smoking pot after that, that leads me to think that AW and PT (one or both) were likely aware of any and all marijuana in their home and probably partook more as a habit than a once in a while type thing. And, it's my experience that whatever someone confesses to, that there is usually exponentially more related info that they are likely not telling, not confessing to.
It's like if someone is feeling pressured and accused of a lot of things, they feel like if they confess to just a little bit of the not so bad stuff, it will release some of that pressure and satisfy whoever is accusing them. In actuality, all it does it expose a little chink in the armor. Then, they confess to a little bit more and then a little bit more and it snowballs until the truth eventually all comes out.
I keep waiting for one of them to crack, and tell the whole truth, whatever that entails. It's my opinion, based on their decision-making regarding the drug use and the timing of some of the drug use we know about and regarding leaving their child(ren) home alone, that the gravity/full scope of the situation may not have really hit home yet. It may be a while yet... I think their behavior indicates a major disconnect with any rational thought process.
