Summer Wells: June 15, 2021 (Part 1)

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• DN

  @dnister_nymph · 3 years ago

  Being friends with 14-year old boy  outside of your family when you are a 30+ adult is A HUGE RED FLAG

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• BE

  @beanybabyrabie · 3 years ago

  What’s the likelihood in America that someone has not only ONE FAMILY MEMBER disappear without a trace but TWO?!

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• CR

  @crystalryan3520 · 4 years ago

  As someone that was raised by two parents from Appalachia, "five minutes" rarely means a literal five minutes but more a indication of "not that long."

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• ZO

  @zoegullett1935 · 3 years ago

  As a local, about an hour away from where they are, if someone does not want her found in these mountains she will not ever be found. We are surrounded by abandoned coal mines, abandoned houses, and even some abandoned towns where we are miles away from civilization. I think it’s also important to remember that people disappear around here and no one ever truly searched for answers. We had a police officer who was running for county sheriff who went missing over 20 years ago. No one ever asked questions about what happened to him. His opponent won office. His family is still searching to this day, only finding his car and that’s it.

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• LO

  @loribethartist6353 · 4 years ago

  If everyone in the family was shaving their hair it leads me to believe there was a lice outbreak… as a former preschool teacher I saw it a lot (and I’m about 20 minutes away from them).  Most people wouldn’t shave their little girl’s head but if money was an issue (the treatment can be very expensive) that might explain her haircut.  They could be embarrassed to tell people they had lice.

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• CA

  @cailin5309 · 4 years ago

  Being from the rural Appalachian mountain area in Virginia.. I don’t think anyone in their right mind would walk on to someone’s property right up to their house with the intention of snatching their young kids. People out here have guns & WILL defend their property. I can’t see someone not even considering that very real threat. The abduction scenario just can’t be …

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• NM

  @nmikloiche · 3 years ago (edited)

  I’ve always been bothered by Grandma’s knee and the prescription “pain meds” — We have to assume that she was in enough pain to warrant going to the ER. But once she leaves the ER, she is able to walk all over creation — she went inside the smoke shop, the grocery store, and a freaking swimming hole. Then she gets home and instead of laying down and resting the knee she puts away grocery and decides to do some gardening. I say all that b/c maybe she went to the ER to get a prescription for opioids. If you remember, Hunter talks about filling the prescription and refers to them as “pain meds”.  Now, what I say next is highly speculative, but is there a chance that Summer’s missing or death has anything to do with substance abuse?   Opioids make you drowsy, so it’s plausible that the adults took some and nodded off, and left Summer unsupervised for much longer than first reported. Secondly, there is the option that Summer got into the pain meds herself and accidentally took and OD’d on them. Lastly, did someone know about them getting the pain meds that day, and maybe they came to the property to buy some or steal some — and could that have contributed to Summer’s disappearance. I just have a feeling the pain meds factor into this child’s demise.

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• BO

  @BoiledPrawn · 3 years ago

  With the inappropriately close relationship Candus has with Hunter, I can't help but think there's a possibility Hunter was asked to keep an eye on Summer, and during that time she got hurt or drowned at the swinming hole and Candus  is covering for him. My sisters dad is a lot like Summers parents. The way they speak, how they are unaware of social cues and norms, they think inappropriate and illegal things are okay and make no effort to hide these things. Her awkward comments to hunter on facebook is a good example of this as well. Another similarity ive noticed between them and my moms ex (and i know theres no proof and this is just speculative) is the fact that they lie about anything and everything, and they do it badly and confidently.

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• AN

  @angeliquefoster4496 · 4 years ago (edited)

  If her “five minutes at the grocery store” actually equaled about an hour (according to Hunter) then maybe her 2 to 5 minutes of Summer being out of her sight actually equals 45 minutes to 1 hour. I completely agree.

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• BE

  @beastghostt · 4 years ago (edited)

  Hunter's story rings the most true to me of everyone we've heard from who saw Summer that day. He freely admitted to drinking and smoking underage at no benefit to himself, and gave more detail than Candace about the day's itinerary in a way that makes a bit more sense.

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• EN

  @envyelizabeth7709 · 4 years ago

  I am so haunted by this case. I just do not trust these parents.

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• KA

  @kalpanaperry6709 · 3 years ago

  The supervision of these children is very lacking. Leaving a 12 year old child in charge of a 9, 7 and 5 year old is insane and irresponsible.

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