I read the article to mean something else. She (GGMS) now gives details as to RC's upbringing, and how he "changed". She knows this grandson like the back of her hand. She also probably knows the jig is up and has resigned herself to the fact that he's going to be spending a lot of time behind bars but deep down, she doesn't want Haleigh's disappearance to fade away as a result of that. She's a no bones about it, double crusted woman that has seen a lot in her life.
It sounds like she was sure he was going to turn out to be a fine man until circumstances beyond her control with her husband's Alzheimer's disease took over. She attributes these things to why he "changed"..........
He went to live with TN.......
He lost his grandfather.........
Became a father..........
Got mixed up with MC.......
TN's story is not in defense of her beloved son. It's in defense of HER actions as a mother. She says his focus was "his children"? Where was her focus while he was growing up? She's defending herself as a mother when she says these things because he's a product of HER and she can't take that kind of responsibility for those kind of actions. It just won't sink into her psyche. "Can't comprehend it". While in truth, the biggest favor she can do for her son is to encourage him to tell the darn truth, she cannot fathom how it could possibly come out and that she would be able to endure the guilt. I've thought about this over and over in my head.
While all the family is more exposed so we can see between the lines a little more, I really don't care who did what during their childhood, who lived with who or who didn't go to school. Just tell me where Haleigh is and they can all work on their other "stuff" later. Seems to me, the last person on this family's list (with the exception of GGMS) is Haleigh. I believe this great-grandmother wants the truth to come out NOW.
