I have a picture of Heather and Louie on the coast --that she sent me on 7/31/10---the Saturday before when she and C went...she looked so happy...I am not sure how to attach it here....but will if you would like to see it....
71stitches, did anything ring a bell with Bobbie or her friends? I got the impression that Bobbie was on the move a lot. I'm just really stuck on the fact that Bobbie and Heather were murdered in the same week and the connection to the Albany area. I seriously doubt that there's a connection between Bobbie and Heather directly but possibly between a common friend or two? Could MG and/or CS left something at Heather's house that someone came to pick up? Heather might not have wanted someone to come in and they forced their way in?
71stitches, here's a question for you. Did Heather have a good track record at appropriately judging people? Did she tend to be gullible and naive? Did others take advantage of her kindness? You've mentioned that she was giving but was that of her own free will or because others asked? It strikes me as very strange that you, as a former husband, would be surprised by her new friends. I'd think that they would seem very much like friends she's always had. Heather was 39 and it would seem unusual for her to change her social circle at that stage in life, IMO.
I must have the wrong MG. I found the only one who matched the age given in the newspaper, early 60s. That man is a businessman in North Bend. Family might want to google his name and see if that could be him. He's in business with his wife and there is a current address and phone number.
Maybe there's another. I will dig a little deeper. As for CS coming and going and acting nervous--that sounds extremely suspicious to me. Being a friend, I would expect sorrow, somberness and depression, not flitting about. I've watched that same behavior with some of my teens who were acting out. They literally could not sit still and wait something out if they knew they had done something wrong. That could also be indicative of drug use. I find it odd, though, that Heather wouldn't have mentioned this to anyone as she didn't use drugs by all accounts.
I don't use illicit drugs either (other than my legal meds) and yet I have a dear friend who's a dog rescue person. She's a recovering meth addict and has been clean for 14 years. My whole family knows of my respect for her. She's very open about it and I am too. I would have thought that Heather would have mentioned that she was trying to help this woman get off drugs or supporting her in staying clean. It's like being friends with any person with a serious illness--it just comes up. Does anyone have an approximate age of this woman? Is it the 54 year old? If it is, as I mentioned above, her house is not close to Heather's.
Going back to the necklace, is the family certain that LE doesn't have it for evidence or that it is at the funeral home? When my father passed two years ago, my mom could not remove his wedding ring. When his body was taken in for cremation, the ring was saved for her, and family went to pick it up, even before the ashes were ready.
71stitches asked upthread if there were any special "power" or significance in owning something belonging to the deceased within the Wiccan way. I do not believe there is, any more than anyone keeping a special memento from a friend who has passed. There are however, certain "paths" that do attach significance to keeping things belonging to the dead--especially when the person has been murdered. I'm hoping we don't have to go there.