Another thing I was thinking about while I was eating lunch.... Tawni/Tawny/Tawnie DEFINITELY sounds A LOT like "Dawn"..... It's got the "aw" sound in it, so maybe RA/RW was close when she said she thought her real name was "Dawn".... Just a thought.
I agree. Dee, please let us know when/if you email Shaine. It was you who first contacted him, no?
As this is sinking in, so much makes sense. TLM had just recently moved to the PHX area from "back east". It's clear to see now why none of her non family peers where looking for her. She was only away from home a few days. I tend to agree with her moms timeline. Perhaps her cousins and other family memories blend with previous occasions of running away.
RA talked to her... I'm sure the events which she saw on the news regarding KTL and having talked to TLM.. her mind would have naturally put the events together. She tried talking TLM into going home...
I don't buy that LDJ and William/Alonzo picked her up near 24th and Van Buren. I think they picked her up long before they got to that area. Could be that they stopped at that home BEFORE and not AFTER the alleged pick up at 24th and Van Buren... remember that part of LDJ's story? (Little bits of truth that come out with lies...)
That perhaps she had gotten out of the car near the area when the Sales Manager of the car dealer saw her and said they forced her to get back into the car. Remember he saw them arguing. Any young girl would be scared to be left alone in that kind of neighborhood, especially having been newer to the PHX area. At that point in time she had no reason to doubt that they would have dropped her off in a better area and most likely trusted them to do so...... even more so if they picked her up at that house LDJ mentioned... sometime is telling me that in my gut.
I think the condoms and shoes were LDJ's and planted for their story to cover their arse. I also wonder what tie exists between the friends she had made in PHX and LDJ and William. Maybe a dealer..... NO one recognized her from the streets, not the vice squad, nor the dancers in the area.
just my thoughts... this poor girl simply made the wrong choice by getting into a car with William and LDJ.