I am really very new to this board, and to sleuthing in general, so please forgive me if I do something wrong. I have been trying for days and days to keep up with the posts... so I am sorry if this is something someone else has already brought up and its been shot down. I was thinking of this last night, and when I thought of this theory, I got the kind of chills down my spine that stopped me cold.
There are so many things about this case that are confusing, so many inconsistencies, not only from RC and MC, but it seems also others that are involved - The 2am sighting at the store of RC by a co-worker, the radio call tapes that state Haleigh was seen 1.5 hours before 3:30am (or something to that effect) when all we hear from the news is that she was last seen at 10pm (or some other time?) the night before. It seems like the only thing consistent with this case is the inconsistencies.
So that got me thinking about WHY that would be. Here is what I came up with. Now last night, I was a bit tipsy (lol) when I thought this up, so I am not sure like I said if this is something that was already brought to light, or if there are holes in this theory that have been proven to make it unrealistic. If there are holes, please do tell me where they are, so that I can reformulate
What I came up with last night:
Motive - Could be $$. Could be custody. This part I am really not sure of.
(I also want to add, I feel so bad for coming up with this theory, because it hurts me to say that I really think RC had something to do with this. I am not on any sides, but.. I hate to think that of anyone at all).
So, RC for some motive or reason wants to get 'rid' of Haleigh. It could have been he wanted to hide her away and use the situation to get the $$ he needed, or it could be that he was having some other problems with Haleigh and get fed up. Now, from looking at the photos, he seems to really love this child and she seemed very happy. So I don't get the feeling that any death was intentional if it did happen.
Anyway, in my theory, he and an accomplice, figure out a way to drug MC. She is into drugs anyway, so I don't think this would be too hard. I do think that an accomplice was necessary though, and I think that perhaps this accomplice stopped by earlier in the evening and somehow drugged MC. To me, this completely explains her inconsistencies - She woke up groggy at around 3am, maybe she woke up to a noise of someone taking Haleigh, and she is inconsistent because she really does not remember what happened. It is coming back, but slowly. Which is why she looks at RC when asked a question and then replies "I don't know". She really does not know. And RC is making her keep quiet about being drugged.
So, RC leaves work early, and is seen at a store/gas station 1 hour before he should be getting home. His accomplice is already taking care of business with Haleigh, and RC is seen and has an alibi.
The accomplice grabs Haleigh, MC wakes up hearing a noise, groggy, ect, she is so groggy and out of it that she does not 'get' that she has to call 911. She calls RC, and he's right there - he is home before she knows it because he left work early. He instructs her to call 911 and then proceeds to yell at her, talking about how she let his daughter get stolen, ect, in order to set up that he didn't know anything about it, and put the blame on MC.
This also explains why he married MC and made the comment to Cobra that "you keep your enemies close". I don't think RC ever wanted to marry MC. Notice on the video of the court house, she is giddy and excited and he walks right by here, can't even smile. He does not want to marry MC, but he HAS to because otherwise she is going to spill about being drugged and not really understanding what happened.
Now that is as far as I got with this theory. I am not even sure if Haleigh would still be alive, or killed. I think that she was killed, almost by accident (in my mind that is how it makes sense). The sheet with blood/rust makes me think that. She was accidentally killed somehow, and the sheet was tossed to either throw off the investigation, or because it was evidence and they wanted to get rid of it.
Since there has been literally no news lately, I cannot go further with this theory. I hate typing all of this too. It hurts my heart. I pray that little Haleigh is found safe, and sound, and that I am dead wrong.
Thanks for giving me a chance to put this out there. I want to contribute to this community so badly - you guys are all awesome. I would love to know how to search to find the things you guys find! You're amazing. I am so glad that I found Websleuths and decided to join here.
Pope Jean