Thanks so much for that transcript,
@cujenn81 ! I listened to it a bit ago but the refresh of my memory was good to have.
I still think there are some hazy areas of B's story that don't ring true to me. Now, she did say that the family member feels terrible about saying whatever it was that upset Chance so bad and maybe LE knows all of what she is holding back in that podcast. But when you overlay what Chance's mom says over what B says, I just still see inconsistencies. An example is how B paints the relationship with Chance. That whole best friend and easy going relationship thing doesn't parallel with mom calling it "rocky" and offering to pay for counseling. Does it add up to murder? No, but it just seems like she is minimizing unpleasant details by painting a different picture than what the reality might have been. That leads me to wonder if she is doing the same thing here:
**"Bailey: We were just down visiting our family, and the guys all decided that they wanted to go golfing. So him, my brother-in-law, and my dad, they went down to Bear Golf Course and drank a lot, and golfed a lot, and I don’t know. Ha… had fun. Ha… he called me, and we were supposed to meet some friends for dinner that night, and he was in a super good mood, so I drove out there. I got the baby out of the car, and I started walking over to where everyone was sitting. And he stood up and said, “Get the f*ck back in the car. We’re leaving.” So, I thought that was really weird. So I was kinda looking at everyone, and they’re looking at me. And everyone is just super confused. We left and I canceled plans with my friends, and he had misunderstood something that somebody had said about him getting—about the mine shutting down. Cause in Nebraska, the minimum wage, I mean… it’s hard to make really good money in Nebraska. Even if you’re super skilled, you’re not going to be paid worth a **** compared to what you are in Wyoming. And, so they made a comment about “at least he wasn’t making minimum wage “. By Nebraska standards, he was making good money, and he just took it the wrong way. So he was upset about that, and he really wanted to go home. And, he had been drinking just enough that there was no talking any sort of sense into him. So, I just kinda went with it and was like okay cool, we’ll go home. So I drove to my grandparent’s in Gering, Nebraska, where we had been staying, and I went in to pack my bag. We pulled into the driveway, and he said, “No, I said I wanted to go home.” And I was like, “Yeah, just hold on. I’m gonna go grab our bags and we’ll leave. Well, he took off walking. And I ran the baby inside, and took him out of his car seat, handed him to my grandma, and ran back outside. And I started driving around looking for him. Several phone calls later, the rainstorm hit and I just never got him found."
**I have bolded the areas where I see her either minimizing the negatives and over-emphasizing the positives. I guess it just bugs me that he is supposedly so upset by something so insignificant even thought he is supposed to be so easy-going
. She seems to be the cool one, in her words, and handles his upset with ultimate calm and composure. Wonder why he wasn't calmed down after the ride back and why he still was so angry that he got out and wanted to walk home? This is puzzling since, according to her, she had told him that they would go home.
I'm trying hard not to judge, but I am having trouble putting myself into her shoes and understanding some of this. I've been married to my best friend for over 30 years and we have been together since we were late teens. It is hard for me to picture her being such a reservoir of calm and him still being inconsolable over one off-hand comment that was misunderstood. My gut feeling is that there is more to this. Either they have more to tell about this incident or he was having some major emotional problems that she had become accustomed to rolling with. One way or another, there is more here than meets the eye.
**Just My Opinion
