Here is my recollection regarding the drains: a MSM tv interview with a LE “expert” early in in the search had that “expert” stating that LE would be searching everything, they would be searching all the shower drains at JC and 80MS for example.We saw LE searching the drains at JC (reporter tweeted picture and that picture ended up on WS in prior thread). IDK about Sturbridge search other than the State Police Crime Van was at the property once that I saw for nearly 8 hrs.
I remember this clearly as on my first view I thought the person being interviewed was associated with the case and they were actually searching the drains. On rewind I saw it was just one of those “experts weigh in”.
Which means it is in fact likely that they did search the shower drains, as well as septic (they showed a photo of searchers opening the septic tank).
Given that LE shifted the energy of the search (from what we saw) from NC in the first week, to Farmington area (MIRA, Avon, WHR etc) in subsequent searches continuing to now, I always suspected they found something at 80MS in that first week that led them to believe the body was likely brought back up there, and that something could be JDs blood in a drain or elsewhere.