You and I talked about this several posts back. Something you said got me to wondering about whether or not it actually could have been heroin residue found on the scales LE took from WH's hotel room. Here's what I found:
http://wavy.com/2015/03/27/missing-teens-father-to-stay-in-jail/
Prosecutors also cited his lengthy criminal history and recent drug use as reasons to deny bond. They said Hadsell admitted to detectives to increasing his cocaine use recently. They also say a scale with drug residue was found in Hadsells hotel room.
http://wtkr.com/2015/10/08/wesley-hadsell-charged-with-possession-of-heroin/
"9 millimeter rounds, white socks, a game system, lap top, shoes paperwork and duct tape. No heroin is listed whatsoever," Korslund says.
Investigators also found suspected drug residue during a search. After formal analysis by the Virginia Division of Forensic Science, the substance was confirmed to be heroin. We still don't know where police discovered the heroin, only that they found it on the same day they searched Hadsell's hotel.
Obviously, Korslund doesn't disclose everything LE took from the hotel room. In fact, notably missing from his list are the scales with drug residue. So when he says that no heroin is on the list of items taken, that's intentionally misleading on his part, imo. We know the scales were taken, and we know there was drug residue on the scales. We also know that LE found drug residue
somewhere that was later confirmed to be heroin. So...I think you are right, Debbie. I think the residue on the scales probably
was heroin, and the reason we don't see it listed as taken from the hotel is because it was on the scales which WAS listed.
ETA: I stand by my statement that users don't weigh small amounts of heroin...so if there was heroin found in the scales, someone was dealing, imo.