More excerpts:
"September 11, 2011 was a Sunday, and at twilight Erik Weissman was looking for somewhere to spend the night. That afternoon hed visited his younger sister Aria at a diner down the street from their parents home, but he didnt have a place of his ownhed been couch-surfing since the cops busted him on drug charges back in January. He kept his belongings at his friend Brendan Messs apartment on a dead-end street in Waltham, and thats where he usually stayed. Erik and Brendan were established pot dealers who occasionally worked together and shared an interest in sports, personal fitness, and designer weed. But Erik had cleared out of the apartment while Brendan was going through a dramatic breakup with his live-in girlfriend, Hiba Eltilib. He had recently been staying with a friend in Newton. That chick is crazy, Erik had repeatedly told the friend.
That night his friend in Newton was busy, so around 7:30 p.m. Erik drove his Mercedes SUV back to Brendans place in Waltham. It was a warm night, cloudless. Brendan and Hiba had finally broken up, and Hiba had split for Florida, so the coast was clear. Brendan had invited another friend, Rafi Teken, to come over, too. Like Erik, Rafi had been avoiding Brendans place while Hiba was there. Rafi and Hiba were known to get into arguments of their own.
At 7:30, Erik sent a text to his friend in Newton. Shortly thereafter, all three men stopped answering their phones."
BBM - I wonder if this is some clue. Weird that it seemed to be the first night they were all together there for a while - at least that's how the article presents it. So someone must have known that? You'd think maybe an examination of their phones or activities would produce something of interest.
