If the school did not erase that "U" for unexcused, who would have done it? The additional explanation that was typed was the oddest thing about the entire record. Somebody went out of there way to type in explanations for the U, E , T and "." They typed in explained the "." (DOT)meant "attended and on time". In Government records, I have not seen this before, as it is not necessary when there is a place for Tardy on the record.
It appeared to be overkill. They type did not match the record as the record appeared to be a carbon. The explanations were typed with a different typewriter or computer as the rest of the record did not match at all. Why would that be released? The school would not have done this. It tells me somebody wanted to prove Haleigh's school attendance to the public. We can be darn sure that copy was not retrieved by LE but most likely by a parent or family member for evidence of attendance.
The answers lie in the 911 call. Misty had NO idea what Haleigh was wearing when she left that MH.
It is possible that the last time she saw Haleigh she WAS wearing the pink shirt, as that is what she wore to school. We have Haleigh being driven home by RC. RC says he just dropped her and sped off to work. Misty says he was inside loving her, jr and Haleigh and then left.
Her job was to say she and the children were asleep. The had dinner and watched movies and were PUT to bed at a normal hour just like half of America does each night. I think not!...as these two are far removed from the Walton's family model....can't imagine any routine in that house. IMO, Misty most likely left that house any chance she could get. I would not be surprised if the kids were given benedryl or something else to get them to settle down. I think Haleigh was a handful and if she didn't want to sleep, she was not going to go to sleep.....period.
You are straight on,,,whisperer,,,if Haleigh was anything like my oldest son,,it was a pulling out my hair type of nightmare to get him to go to sleep...If he wasn't having to keep going to the bathroom,,,he was thirsty,,or he wanted the light on or,,on and on and on....I never once even thought about giving him something to make him go to sleep...I was 19 yrs old and he and his brother lead the lifestyle of their very young Father, and myself,,,as they had school, bedtime schedules to keep....It was a nightmare when he started school, because it was hard for me to keep him on his schedule.......I can't imagine how caotic ,it would have been ,,,,among the drugs and other selfish ideas,,with her being only 17 years old and these were not even her own children......How in this world could tn or ss not see what a daily chore it was for Misty to care for those little ones..or should I say lack of care..>>>Looking back 40 years,,,,I was totally overwhelmed,,and these were my own babies,,,I loved dearly....