What stumps me is are we SURE that they were offered that amount of money for an OVERNIGHT stay?
It seems like they may have left too many personal things behind, i.e; phone, makeup, overnight toiletries, clothes in fhey were in deed staying over. Esp not taking their phone. Like Bear had mentioned in interview, Amber strapped the phone to herself. She would also have needed it to answer any new calls, etc. I believe Megan's mother said the same thing...Megan had that phone w her 24/7. IMO they would be more inclined to leave the phone if told..."it will be just a quick 10 mins" type deal. I don't care how high they were...they were coherent enough to walk and meet LISK.
IMO LISK put his plan in action way before and knew who he was going to target. Maybe they were picked out bc they may have said or did something rude in the past. I believe Melissa and Megan were known to be tough. Not sure about Maureen and Amber but I am sure they were extremely well versed in being street smart and obviously took chances.
Also, if you read Kolker's book...one of the things that stood out for me re: that Maureen was still buying drugs, threw a party at a hotel for a friend etc...I believe pretty close around the time she was facing eviction. These poor girls were so addicted they probably couldn't see straight. If Maureen had been able to see that her living arrangement, her kids, etc...were more important than throwing parties and losing her home, she may have been with us today.
I think about all these girls often and I get so freaking angry that SCPD is giving the public, after all these years, nothing but tidbits to keep the families at bay. There's so much more that they have that they are not sharing. I feel it's bc they're protecting their own. It's not just SCPD, sadly it's all around the world. Some call it corruption, I call it bs. But one day something WILL give.