I watched the 9News interview. Mark Redwine's stories don't match up.
Mark went to bed while Dylan was texting (no texts at R appear after 8:01 pm. So texting to who on WHAT? If the phone had no texts after 8:01 pm - were they on Dylan's iPod and why? The iPod seems to be recovered and LE is silent about IF there were ANY texts on an iPod.)
Mark and Dylan watched a movie (until 10:30?)
Mark and Dylan tossed a Nerf football while chatting after coming home? What time did they "come home?"
I appreciate 9News doing the interview - but I'd like to see it in its entirety. Was it over 2 hours? And we just saw 30 seconds. Please 9News - post the WHOLE interview!
Sorry could I grab a link for this story again please? Did MR actually discuss the nerf football in the latest interview? Much has been made of this and the only mention I have seen of it (the football) was when a reporter stated that an ipod, a pair of sweatpants, and a nerf football that was supposedly tossed around that evening were collected during the search.
I know I have several times mentioned that nerf toys are usually made of soft foam and intended for outdoors. Recently while staying at the beach we had visitors, and their son had a new nerf football which was quite small and made of harder plastic, but it also lit up when thrown. While some have asked why they would have played a game of football outside when Dylan and his dad got home, I can see that it's possible they might have just exchanged a couple of passes outside just for the novelty of seeing it lit up in the dark. It's something males would do IMO - not a long game of football (how would that work with only 2 people?) just a few throws for the heck of it.
I feel like a lot of assumptions are being based on the idea that Dylan didn't want to see his father, and didn't even like him. I don't believe that is true from all I have read. What if Dylan was happy about his visit, not just because he was going to see his friends, but also because he was getting to see his dad as well? That "scowly" face could have had many meanings. How about ...
Dylan are you there yet??
Yes
:/ (at last - am sick of traveling)
Yes
:/ (thank god - my head felt weird the whole trip)
Yes
:/ (mum stop checking up on me)
Yes
:/ (I wish I wasn't going to miss out on the big family Thanksgiving back there)
I've used :/ as my interpretation of "scowly" - I wish we could see the actual emoticon that was used. I don't think I would call
: ( or even
:[ as scowly - JMO though? Maybe there are other versions I'm forgetting though.
:moo: