The fact that no murder charges have been filed and the apparent uncertainty about whether she had been murdered in the beginning (it was suspected foul play even though they had the body) makes me think that perhaps she wasn't murdered after all. Plus the kid didn't seem all that distressed at the memorial service they had. If it had been a murder you would have thought they wouldn't have exposed her to the public like that, and if they did she would have been a wreck. The DA/LE certainly seem very hesitant about the murder charge, when you would have thought it would be cut and dried if it was so. Something is not right.
Possible the mother was just dead under suspicious circumstances with the daughter gone, and with the onset of decay of the body they just went with the worst assumption, which then didn't pan out after more detailed autopsy. If that was the case then they would be left with the abduction (if it actually was an abduction), with the loose ends under consideration being various theft charges possibly for stuff that might have been removed afterward.
I'm again not sure I understand what you're trying to say. Are you saying that perhaps Tina died of natural causes or committed suicide? That JSE and BMS just found her dead, panicked and ran? That this is all an unfortunate set of coincidences and bad choices?
Why, then, would LE and prosecutors continue to use words like "slaying" and "killing"? Why would they allow the media to continue using those terms? Why wouldn't someone clarify that TS simply "died under suspicious circumstances" or definitively state that no "killing" took place? It would be very irresponsible of those 'in the know' to allow rumors to continue if indeed TS wasn't killed by someone. There's certainly no reason to believe that TS committed suicide or died of natural causes...no reason at all.
TS's mother has stated that LE told her TS had been beaten. Whether TS died during the beating or sometime afterward is a legal technicality. If the beating was related to her death, whenever that death took place, then someone will face criminal charges when the investigation is complete.
That BMS wasn't an emotional 'wreck' at the public services says nothing about whether her mother was murdered. People react differently to these things. I'm sure that had BMS not wanted to attend her mother's funeral, no one would have forced her. I'm also sure that had she become emotionally distressed during the service, no one would have judged her for it. Why are you using an emotional reaction (or lack of one) as the basis for your conclusion that her mother wasn't killed? Go back in this thread to the discussion of the service...several posters gave very personal accounts of their own public reactions to dreadful family circumstances. There's no standard reaction...no definite response...we all react differently and those reactions aren't 'evidence' of anything.
There has to be a huge amount of forensic evidence to sift through, test, and analyze. These things take time. It's likely that JSE didn't act alone so LE needs to be sure of who else was involved. JSE has a pretty serious drug history...perhaps drugs were involved so that memories aren't as clear as we'd like. I just don't understand why, under the circumstances, so many of us 'outsiders' are so anxious for charges to be brought and so distressed that they've not been brought yet. Maybe LE just wants to get it right the first time. Besides, once charges are brought, the defendant is entitled to a speedy trial...let's get the evidence in place, be as sure of the facts as possible, try JSE on the charges that
are 'cut and dried' and then bring the other charges so that those involved can be brought to justice without loose ends jeopardizing the 'speedy trial' constraints.
There's a 12 yr old child in the middle of this investigation. It's a multi-faceted investigation. Lawyers are involved. What might help exculpate one person in one facet might inculpate that same person in another facet. I'm content to let the LE, prosecutors, and attorneys work this out in their own time. I'm confident that TS will see justice done. I certainly wish that a child wasn't involved in any way but one is...and that alone might be a big part of the reason things aren't moving more quickly. That child's mental stability has to be a special consideration...and because a child is involved, I'm willing to let that help dictate the speed at which this case moves. In my worst nightmare I can't imagine what this must be like for that child. But I do believe that someone...maybe more than one 'someone'...will eventually be brought to justice for TS's death.