The original original story was, the silver car passed TM and brake-checked her. No minor accident, no verbal confrontation, no death threat, no horn honking. BM was at home sleeping, and coming out the house to return fire at the silver car after it shot TM.
Feb. 14 (2 days after the shooting), the sketch of the spiky-haired dude was released. Now it was a near-collision or minor accident. The verbal confrontation ws mentioned, but no death threat or horn honking. We're told three men were in the vehicle.
Feb. 17 (5 days after the shooting), we learned that TM brought KM home and picked up an armed BM. We're told that TM & BM went out looking for the car, followed it for a while, then went home. There was no explanation of why they went out to find and follow the silver car. After they went home, then the silver car showed up and shot TM. Also, today is the first mention of KM honking the horn. There was lot of public criticism of their decision to go out looking for the other car.
Feb. 18. We learn that they went home after they "lost track of" the other car. Then it showed up in the cul de sac and shot TM. More public criticism. Today the Meyerses announced they were going to return the
donations.
Feb. 19. EN is arrested. RM admits that the family knew who he was all along. He also claims that police asked him to keep that knowledge secret, but police say they only just learned these facts that day themselves. RM tells us that TM consoled and counseled EN and gave him food and money. People notice that EN looks nothing like the sketch of the spiky-haired dude, but it's not clarified whether EN was the driver of the car.
Feb. 20. Today we learn several things: We learn there was a first shooting scene prior to the shooting in the cul de sac. We learn that the shooter was a passenger, not the driver, of the silver car. We learn that the driver made a death threat to KM & TM: "I'm gonna come back for you and your daughter." We learn that EN essentially confessed to his two friends the night of the shooting. BM claims he told his mom to stay home and call 911, but she said she was going with or without him. The friends have revealed the existence of the first shooting scene, and the Meyerses incorporate that first shooting scene into their story just as if it's been there all along. We learn for the first time that KM "took a few loops around the block" during her driving lessons, and we first hear about the weirdly indirect route that KM & TM took on their way home after the driving lessons. We first hear about the road rage pursuit and the passing in the bike lane and the skidding out to block their path. This is when RM first says that TM was "trying to draw him away from the house." There's yet more public criticism of the family.
More Feb. 20. The arrest affidavit is released. KM's account mentions the "loops" around the school and the residential-area driving. KM describes a very specific route during which the road rage happened west to Durango, north to Westcliff, south on Cimarron. Honking happens on Durango, spin-out and threat happen on Cimarron. No mention of the silver car hitting the green car. Threat from driver: "I'm gonna come back for you and your daughter." She saw the silver car again near their house after returning to the cul de sac. BM also describes a very specific route for his trip: west to Cimarron, north to Westcliff, south on Buffalo to Ducharme, then south on Villa Monterey. He says that his mother said "it" (the road rage) happened on Cimarron near Westcliff. BM describes the encounter with the silver car as a chase, although he doesn't use that word.
Feb. 21. We hear for the first time that KM "thought she saw" the silver car driving near their house when she and her mom got back to the house and her mom told her to go get her brother. Today we also hear that KM was driving on the residential streets near the school during her driving lesson.
Feb. 23. RM says the killing was intentional and not simple road rage out of control, that the person in the silver car specifically meant to kill TM: "My wife was followed home and murdered.... this was intentional to kill the person in the green car."
Feb. 24. RM explains why the story has changed: "The reason I didnt know this story is, for one, it wasnt explained to me. It was explained to me one way. And thats how I told it. Until we started getting all the information and all the facts came out, thats how I have knowledge of all this. My son was very hurt, thinking I was going to blame him for his mom going down, and he didnt come forward with all the things."
March 16. GJ transcript is released. KM's testimony doesn't mention driving any "loops" around the school or driving in any residential areas. Her route is described vaguely and presented as if it was their normal way home from the school. KM mentions the honking. She says the road rage car hit her side of the Buick. There was one person in the road-rage car; he was not EN. KM did not know the driver; her mom gave no indication that she knew the driver. The threat was: "I'm going to kill you and your daughter." This is the first time we hear that KM & TM saw anyone at the park during the driving lessons. She does not mention seeing the silver car near the house after she and her mom get home.
March 17. BM says that TM didn't go looking for trouble and that her goal that day was to "keep it away from the family."
So there we have the evolution of the driving lesson and road rage story. There might be a couple of permutations that I've missed.
