This case is so utterly heartbreaking to me. I have a little guy in my life, my nine year old son, and he's a real cutie pie like Noah seemed to be. I have the utmost sympathy for everyone who is dealing with Noah's passing, especially his family and all of his little friends.
We have churned certain topics over and over and over again: septic tanks, sod/no sod, timelines, sleeping when kids are awake, etc. without any additional information from LE to really give us anything to go on. :deadhorse:
If we take out the possibility of the parents being involved, take out the possibility of another child being involved and take out the possibility of Noah's curiosity getting the best of him...
Could another person, an adult, have been involved? Without being a too convoluted scenario, is there a circumstance that could have occurred that Sunday morning which would have resulted in Noah ending up in the septic tank? It seems like a far-fetched idea to me (and maybe most of you, too) but it's one we could explore.
If so...I don't see that person being a passer-by. They'd have to be close enough to see Noah in his yard that morning. I'd think it would have had to have been planned and the septic tank prepped to be opened quickly so that as little time as possible was taken hiding Noah's body. Could that be done in the daylight? How very risky, IMO. How could one be sure that the mom wouldn't pop her head out the door at any minute calling for Noah? Or how could the killer be sure someone else (another neighbor or a passer-by) wouldn't see them?
I'm just thinking out loud and wanted to see if anyone else has been thinking of how viable another possible scenario could be.