That is reasonable, imo.
I believe they wandered off, but I don’t believe the timeline is accurate.
A couple of other details might muddy the waters: Malehya told police that both children went to bed wearing the same clothes they wore that day when they were seen in public—so possibly if they’re found, they’ll be in those clothes.
I personally find that odd because if the children were outside playing, ticks are a concern— in addition it being unusual that they weren’t bathed and dressed in fresh clothes (imo).
Also, DM said that two of his sweaters are missing. So the concern might be that they could be found wearing them and have his DNA on them.
Those two details bother me when I consider whether this is an innocent wandering or direct or indirect homicide
For me may the 1st is the timeline I would follow if I were a detective . Working from the carpack cctv which is what the rcmp have done I would imagine. So far we have not heard of any independent witnesses seeing the kids after this time .
So I ask myself can we believe janie ? What would her interest be in lying ? Without verification from a polygraph do we just trust ?
Is the break up of mbm and DM a ruse so stories don't sound exactly the same ? To much likeness can raise red flags . Do we trust a self confessed drug abuser ? Do we trust a mom who she and others have stated gets overwhelmed and has mental health issues ?
If I allow my mind to build a dark picture, I can think of a few things that when added together make up a not so innocent demise of the children
Sounds of vehicle coming and going
2 missing sweaters
Kids unchanged from day before ,
Cps involvement
Janie raking for a pool late that evening
Daniel repairing fence late that evening
Maleyha doing laundry in grandmothers late that evening
Drug history
No scent gotten from dogs of kids
Mother refusing to talk ,leaving next day
Searchers finding no belonging or trace of children
Difficult terrain for kids to navigate
Multiple black eyes
School staff providing for the kids
Maleyha going to bed early but still needing to lie in
Maleyha not knowing what time DM went to bed
Accusations thrown by family members
viewed together it doesn't give a great image . The kids being described as in the same clothes as those seen on cctv bothers me for a number of reasons and one being I seem to recall ,when the kids went missing there was not a clear description of what jack was wearing . I remember thinking surely his mother knows what he went to bed in .
Now I know kids can remove clothing if they are too hot during the night but if so the clothes be easily located as they are usually in or around the bed so I was still inclined to wonder why they hadn't got a clearer picture of clothing worn . Even lillys clothes were scant at first and it was alluded that hers were seen briefly because she popped in and out of the room
On one hand I know kids can hide from searchers but on the other hand everything just seems like a lot of coincidence if nothing nefarious happened
I wonder how the custody hearing went re meadow