no, you're not crazy. I've considered every possible scenario including RC not being involved. But, even if he wasn't involved, Haleigh was his child and it was his responsibility to make sure she had a decent babysitter etc. I think, (because LE has released so little real information), that we've all made this more complicated than it really is. I mean, LE has to have evidence that we don't know about. They know what questions were asked on the LDTs and they know who failed what questions. No way did this bunch not leave a trail of clues...phone records, (LE said there was a problem with the records, but for such a tight lipped group, IDK....), the dumpster search, (although played down), the chair in the woods, (played down also), Jr's account, (almost forgotten at times), LE saying they had reason to believe Misty was gone that night, the neighbors had to have heard or seen 'something', the trail leading to the water, the report of a child's footprint and then the confusion over Haleigh's shoes, the arrests of the different people and their hefty sentences, And LE was quick to jump on the Joe did it story...not necessarily because they believed Tommy's story imo, but I think something he told them fit some kind of evidence they had, so it looks like that whole fiasco might be close to what really happened. Hope is the one that confuses me. Was she close enough to Misty to keep a secret from RC, or was she closer to RC? something about her connection to this case bothers me. She seems to be the thread that links the Cummings and Croslins, so it's hard to dismiss involvement from either side. moo