Hi She! Prior to watching the videos, I didn't realize that Bonzai had such easy access to drugs and alcohol - I guess I was just looking at his little face and thinking he was such a kid. My daughter and I were watching this weekend and talking about possible scenarios. We know he had a seizure disorder and one interview with an anonymous friend talked about huffing air-duster. Is it possible Bonzai overdosed or had a massive seizure and died either at the home of the guy that was "the place to go for drugs and alcohol" or nearby and someone freaked out and hid his body, then disposed of it months later thinking the searches were basically over? Right now, I'm having a hard time putting any faith on anything Lisa is saying - she is choosing to remember things a certain way because I think in her lucid moments she feels a lot of guilt over not taking better care of Bonzai. I think her drug use has fried the memories of that time and who said or did what. Not trying to be mean but stating how she comes across to me.
We also discussed a possible hunting accident but I don't believe Bonzai died where his remains were found - again, maybe someone covered up an accident. I could write a whole dissertation about what I got out of the family dynamic and how the deck was stacked against him, but that would take up too much of everyone's time and doesn't bring him back.
I feel like he was alive until at least Friday night. I don't know if the hunter really saw Bonzai specifically on that Weds or someone else that was out roaming around. Based on the aerial photos of the area, there were numerous places he could have hid out for a few days, but I'm thinking November in Illinois is pretty cold, so don't know how long he would have or could have done that. To our knowledge he didn't have any money to speak of so he had to find food somehow. My daughter and I discussed why didn't he go back to Stephanie's? Maybe he thought the cops would show up there and he didn't want to go to juvenile detention. Did he try to go to his dad in Morton? Did something happen to him when he was trying to get there? If so, how did his remains end up back in Pekin?
I still have lots of questions and haven't finished the video series - so maybe some of them will be answered there - sorry, thinking out loud.