Do you have a link where AWL said (through his lawyer) that JW was asleep when he left? I have never read that nor can I now find that reported by googling. All I've seen is the sort of report & link I posted in my last reply. That AWL said all FOUR men were watching Jeopardy when he left. The time he left has been reported as both 11pm and 12am. But I've never seen a report where AWL said JW was already asleep. I've also not seen a report where JW said he must have been asleep when AWL left. I have seen a report where he said he was fuzzy on the exact time AWL left.What i mean is JW might have heard the guys saying goodnight to AWL and thought they were saying goodnight to him.
We don't know what JW said to the police, his lawyer does. This may explain some things if we knew.
ETA,: i am pretty sure AWL did say JW was asleep on the couch and the other guys were watching Jeopardy. This all got lost trying to figure out about the dogs, etc.
I get why JW's story might be muddled. But, if both JW and AWL say JW was asleep on the couch, then it's likely he was. (I'm not saying he didn't go to bed at some point, just at that time he was on the couch.)
EtA2... JW's lawyer has convinced most people that JW can't remember what actually happened. Now, this could be true. But, i think (,jmo) him talking so much was to serve that purpose.
You are correct we do not know what JW told LE. And perhaps as you suggest the attorney's goal was to convince the public JW could not remember what happened. But if that was his goal, IMO the attorney has done a very bad job with all his blathering. MOO.