I also had not heard the ghost/hurt mom stuff but did catch where the friend had said the above things. They discussed it on HLN, the local reporter or producer on scene, can't remember which, was describing what the friend had said.
The friend basically said that Britt was on teh phone with her and begged her not to get off the line yet, that she wanted the friend to stay on the phone wit her til her mom got hom ecause Jeff was creeping her out. The friend also said that Britt mentioned she feared Easely was gonna hurt her mom.
The friend said this conversation had ocurred a couple weeks before mom was killed and Brittany was taken.