Bolding by me and I used colors to separate some of your statements so I would make sense in my response
Green - I think the blood was from the rape - dripped on the floor and into the gym back.
Orange - I would not consider him a sophicated catch either - but it is obvious from the testimony that some did.
Blue - I agree 100% about both of them here.
Red - Agree to disagree here - I don't think it was from previous sexual encounters - I think it was because of what he did to Tori.
Lavender - I'm not sure I believe this, but to my way of thinking, if it is true, MR would have had more reason to target Tori according to his testimony. It seems pretty obvious to me he was selling drugs, along with his escort business, that
the $900+ in his car the night he was arrested did not come from CS and he ADMITTED HE KNEW TARA, INVOLVED IN THE DRUG SCENE, FROM GOOD TIME CHARLIES. Whereas, both Tara and TLM say TLM did NOT know Tori. I agree that taking Tori was a huge coincidence, but not impossible if she was the only child in front of the school that was not waiting for an adult to walk/take her home. MR's statement about Tara is huge to me. He was trying to point LE in a different direction to take the heat off of him, and in so doing, he used some of what he knew about Tara, mixed in with his lies. To me, he is more suspect in this area than TLM. Again - I tend to believe Tori was chosen at random.
I am waiting to see what the Defense does but they will have a hard time shaking my belief that MR & TLM planned this together, carried it out together, each did what they did, and both tried to escape the law.
Salem