Hello! Everyone, This is my first posting on WS and I am very happy to be able to post along side such knowledgeable people.
I have always thought drugs were the key and that it was the reason Ron was unable to be more forthcoming. I think the argument about the guns previous to Haleigh's disappearance may have been in response to a deal trading the guns for a significant amount of drugs. I believe Ron reneged on the deal and the people involved came looking for what they considered to be their property. I think that Misty knew they were coming and didn't tell Ron. I don't believe Misty thought for one moment that Ron was one step ahead and had removed the guns from the home. I think they were so enraged by this they removed Haleigh from the home in revenge. So IMHO Ron knew and may have been the catalyst for these events but was not physically responsible for what happened. Morally is another question, I feel in this he is 100% the reason his daughter was put in the path of these monsters.
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AFAIK Drug dealers would not give Ron a significant amount of drugs if Ron didnt have the gun to give them in exchange. Drug dealers trust no one and AFAIK, drug dealers would not agree to give Ron a significant amount of drugs based on a promise he would pay at a later date. No credit is allowed when it comes to drug dealing AFAIK, it is cash on demand or no deal.
Contrary to what people say about Misty being addicted to drugs, she admitted she smoked marijuana periodically but she told her father during a jailhouse conversation she was not addicted to Hydrocodone, Ron was, and he took all her prescribed hydrocodone pills. Its obvious Ron is a dishonest person; when he was selling drugs to the UC cop he stole one of the pills he sold and popped it in his mouth. I think if Misty thought her and Rons children lives were in danger due to Rons drug dealing, she would have drawn the line and refused to babysit for him anymore. JMO
According to Gmma Hollers, who appeared as a guest on JVM, Misty slept with a gun Ron owned under her pillow for protection every night Ron was at work but on the day HaLeigh went missing, Ron had removed the gun from the home before he went to work and hid it somewhere. IMO, the reason Ron hid the gun that night was because he planned to take HaLeigh and he didnt want Misty to panick and shoot him if she woke up when he was in their bedroom.
Ron also said his daughter told him she would see him when he arrived home from work that night so I suspect Ron twisted this anecdote and told HaLeigh he would be picking her up off the mattress that night when he got home from work. If Ron did pick up HaLeigh from the bus stop on Monday afternoon, they were alone in the car on the ride home and Ron had the opportunity to talk to her.
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FLO HOLLARS, MISTY CROSLIN`S GRANDMOTHER: Yes, ma`am.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Did you know that Misty, your granddaughter, slept with a gun under her pillow?
HOLLARS: Yes, ma`am.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Tell me about that. Why?
HOLLARS: I really can`t say why. All I know is she said she had to sleep with a gun under her head every night in case anybody came in to shoot them.
PAGE: Why would somebody come in --
HARRIS: As you said, Flo, I believe you told me she would have shot Joe that night if she had had the gun but she didn`t have it.
HOLLARS: Yes, she did.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: So Misty told you she would have shot Joe that night?
HOLLARS: Yes, ma`am.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Wow. Ok. Once again, cousin Joe Overstreet not named a suspect. Police have questioned him. They haven`t arrested him. And he says he is totally innocent of any wrongdoing.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1008/20/ijvm.01.html