I'm curious if people think a third person might be the perp? By "third person" I mean not ML or the Ex BF.
I've had this idea for awhile and think that it's possible the perp is a third person who might be directly connected to ML.
Here's why:
In the re edit of post 38 on the Justice for Aly page, it is mentioned that Aly's phone has been a goldmine of information. The post also continues to state that it's clear Aly had other friends some in Chico and some in Yuba City that the family believes Aly only mentioned by "Chico friends" and "Yuba Friends" because they would have disapproved of them. I think the fact that this is mentioned, leads me to assumption #1: this is directly related to her disappearance and opening the door to the possibility that there is a third person or persons involved.
Assumption 1 is backed up when the post states that its "obvious" in her messages who had her best interest at heart and who was taking advantage of her. IMO this indicates a third person or persons because in order to come to this conclusion there has to be a significant amount of messages. Assumption #2 is that these messages cannot be ML because later in the post, it is confirmed that Aly only had two texts with ML and one phone call which coincide with the two times she met him May 2016 & March 2017 (ML stated he only met her twice as well). I do not think this is enough messages to be indicative of "taking advantage of her". I am left again with the feeling there is a third person or person(s) here.
Also, not having one's best interest at heart isn't synonymous with taking advantage of someone... not "having one's best interest at heart" suggests not caring enough for that person where as "taking advantage of" suggests malicious behavior. These are two different things. Her messages according to her family "obviously" show who did have her best interests at heart and who was taking advantage of her...
Assumption #3 is that the third person or persons is directly connected to the house. I come to this assumption for two reasons. 1) The post remains highly suspicious of the house and 2) because the timeline of events is very tight from 9:30 PM - 10:40 PM something happened to Aly. So this third person had to be in the house or very near the house. Also believe the perp is connect to the home but is not ML because I think he's telling the truth when asked if he will be arrested he says "No, because truth is on my side". I think he is being honest here because he knows that HE didn't do it. I get the impression that he feels any evidence cannot be pointed at him because he didn't do it.
Assumption #4 the third person or persons is not the ex bf. I come to this conclusion for many reasons. First being that someone guilty of a murder or a crime (in most cases), does not dramatically insert themselves into the picture-- LA did. Also, the post directly addresses the ex bf. While the family says that they haven't ruled out the jealous ex bf because some of her phone messages indicate it's a possibility, but the level of jealously, hatred, and premeditation it would take to do that "just doesn't add up".
The fact that Aly's phone has been a "goldmine of information", that there are "obvious messages" indicating she was "being taken advantage of", the fact that there are these "other people" / "other messages" implying the messages are not with ML, the fact that ML only had a "two messages and one phone call coinciding with the two times they were proven to be around each other", the fact that the "obvious messages" are not necessarily speaking about the "ex bf", the fact that the family remains highly suspicious of ML and these "other people" makes me think that there is a third person or persons connect to the house who is directly responsible for what happened to Aly. May her beautiful soul rest in peace.
