You know Chump, this is what we need - some deep thinking and sleuthing in regards to Ron's activities and whereabouts the night his daughter disappeared. Your post makes for some interesting reading and reasoning.
We all have a list of what we don't know: was Haleigh in school that day; what hours did Ron work; how did his mom make the trip to the MH so quickly; was Misty at the MH that evening; why did Ron make a record number of calls to Misty that night; why didn't she answer; did Misty make calls to Ron that he didn't answer; was there a fight between them at 8:30 and what was the argument about; was GgmSykes really at the MH when she claims she was? And the list goes on, and on.
If we could find out the concrete answers to these, we could have a good start in trying to put together what might have happened.
I think you have provided a stong possible answer for Ron's visit to the store before he went home to the MH.
jmo
Every time Ron knows he is on tape, he tells us. The 911 call, the jailouse tapes, the jailhouse interview. Ron always lets us know that he is being "recorded." Right after he lets us know he is on tape, he says something to make us believe he had nothing to do with Haleigh's disappearance.
Ron obviously did not know Cobra was taping him because Ron never told us. However, Ron did tell Cobra about being on tape in that store. Ron not only told us but it was out of place when he told us. He back tracked to make sure Cobra knew he was on tape.
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ron: my daughter come up missing feb the 10th… feb. the 10th, at about
threeee 27, 28… i was there for about three minutes turning the house
upside down and then told misty, call 911, call 911. call 911.
cobra: i heard ya , i heard the tapes. i heard em off the tv.
ron: at 3:26 is when the 911 call was made. so, i must have pulled in at
about 3:23. they also have ummm surveilance videos from the top of the
hill where it goes from two lanes to 4 lanes…
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IMO, The non-logical progression of the conversation from 911 to video to store says that video is the most important part to Ron. Otherwise the video would not be the important part, the first part, of the stop at the store.
IMO, just like all the other times, when Ron knows he is being taped, Ron tells. Ron going back to bring up the "surviellance tape"is Ron letting us know he knew he was being taped. The only reason to "know" you are on tape in a store is because you went there to be on tape.
IMO, with Ron's history of mention tape, do something to show you had nothing to do with Haleigh's disappearance, how can this tape be seen as anything else but Ron setting up an alibi?