OH OH - Brian Shaffer, 27, Columbus, 1 Apr 2006 #6

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He didn’t go down the escalators — the footage is available and I’ve watched it. It was a different camera that was manually adjusted by the security person, not by the escalators.

I also never indicated he didn’t make it out of the bar. I’m just stating the odds show he used the kitchen to get to the back hallway. I think there is a reason he did this outside of trying to avoid his friends which could hold a big piece of the puzzle.

What do you think were his reasons for heading for the back hallway?

Again, just my own view, but avoiding his friends seems logical to me, given that he also wasn't taking their calls or messaging them to meet up and leave together.

Maybe he'd arranged to meet someone outside, maybe a girl, and he didn't want his friends to see; maybe he was meeting someone to buy drugs and again, didn't want any witnesses.