JO has been so quiet, that he's easy to dismiss, but I'm not so sure. I don't think he's the raging maniac Tommy made him out to be, but a few things still have me wondering about him. 1st of all he was there...unfortunate for him, if he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. And then there was the fight with Ron over a gun & HC supposedly having to intervene. Also, on Misty's LVA test, she talked about how he wouldn't go near the trailer the next day. I think she said he acted scared. And then there's the whole flip flop from Misty and CC. IDK what changed their tune, but I doubt it was their consciences. So, I think it's likely that he was involved somehow. I still think some kind of retaliation might have been part of the motive. Ron supposedly didn't likeTommy, and he fought with JO. Also, Misty was overheard at the bus stop, discussing what sounded like bad dope to LC and a guy...probably Tommy, IMO. From what I've seen with people I know, they refuse to pay up when they get 'bad' dope. I had a high school friend who went ballistic over some pot not being strong enough. He didn't kill anybody but he swore he was. If he hadn't already paid, I don't think he would have and that would have started a 'who owed who what' war. Anyway, from what little I know, drug buyers and dealers live by a different set of rules, where the idea of getting ripped off causes rage. And another thing...it's pretty easy for a buyer to get drugs fronted, if he can't pay at the time. But then it's left up to the dealer to collect. A lot of murders happen because of this. I did keep up with a case here in Texas where a teenaged girl was kidnapped and then tortured and killed. The guys were caught and the only connection LE could make, was the girl's brothers owed the guys drug money. JMO.
I think maybe Misty changed too. AS said that after this, she became almost impossible to reach. I'm taking her on her word here, because she knew Misty before and after. I don't have any idea of how she personally interpreted this, because it could point in either direction, but IMO, (because of me tending to give Misty the benefit of the doubt), it points to knowledge, but not murder. But who really knows. It seems that all of the major players have been affected negatively by this. as for your question about LC...all I can say is that she and Tommy had the most bizarre interplay between a couple that I've ever seen. So little was actually said, and what was being left unsaid, weighed about a thousand pounds. Was I the only one who found it odd that they barely mentioned Haleigh? but there were a few tidbits. Like her turning over the stolen items, her telling him she threw away his work boots, her admitting that she knew he got out of bed sometimes to 'watch tv', and when he was on the phone with FH, she asked if he was 'the one'. ( about him getting out of bed)...it was my impression that this was the 1st time she had ever told him this. So, LC isn't as unenlightened as she portrays herself, IMO. But, I'm beginning to agree with you about Misty's toughness. I recently had an 'experience' that is forcing me to look at her in a whole new light. JMO.
about Tommy putting himself at the scene if he's not the perp. It's MOO, that when he 1st did this, (with the banging on the door story), he was very careful to NOT put himself in the house. so in his eyes, he didn't really put himself at the scene. The next go around, with his JO story, he DID put himself at the scene, but IMO, was again very careful to make himself the scared little victim. I say hogwash. Maybe he made up the whole kitten caboodle to get out of jail, but I don't think so. At the time,it was my impression that he thought he could outsmart cops and blame JO. He even convinced Misty to go along. But when he realized that LE had a mind of its own, and just wasn't taking his word, he clammed up and said he was done talking...but not before asking a judge for leniency based on his Haleigh 'cooperation'. IMO, Misty's lying because she's culpable in some way, and because somebody(s), wants her to lie. You're right about a guilty person normally not putting himself anywhere near a crime scene...but Tommy's situation isn't exactly normal. Until he got thrown in jail, he managed to keep his mouth shut. But when push came to shove, Haleigh info is all he had to deal with, so he manipulated it & used it to benefit himself, IMO. It worked and cops let him out of jail...but then he got in trouble again. And again, Haleigh info is all he had to deal with. JMO
sorry to be so confusing. I'm thinking in fragments tonight. But yes, I think Tommy Croslin deserves being the only named suspect. IMO, he's probably the perp. JO? I'm not sure. But you're right about Misty, & as she gets older, she gets more manipulative. I made the mistake of looking at the facebook link somebody provided. She's spouting the Haleigh is alive junk and how she herself was framed. Framed for what? drug trafficking? jmo
