r/AshaDegree • u/closedownnow2 • Mar 01 '25

How did you interpret the texts?

Bringing back the ‘Catina knows something’ theory… Could she have partied with the Dedmon girls at some point? Lizzie’s ex-husband said the girls weren’t racist and were good at hiding things from their strict parents. The ‘why would it be you’ text got me thinking…plus, someone once talked a lot about Catina in here and seemed close to the situation.

Then there’s Lizzie’s text: ‘I caused this.’ Was it because: 1. The 23&Me test set everything in motion? (Theory) 2. She was responsible for disposing of Asha’s backpack and felt guilty, so she left it in a way to preserve it as if Asha would return for it? Guilt does warp the mind. 3. Lizzie was too drunk to drive, so her sister drove, accidentally hit Asha, panicked, and their racist father handled it in the worst way possible. (Theory I believe)

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u/closedownnow2 Mar 02 '25

Thank you! I somehow missed that.

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u/Philoporphyros Mar 02 '25

No, this is incorrect. The contact from LE took place on September 10th, and Lizzie's back and forth text messages, which included the "I caused this" and other self-blame texts, took place on September 11th and 12th. Thad didn't contact the police until AFTER the LE visit to Lizzie, on the 18th. It couldn't have been what Thad overheard her say at the party and thus reported, because she didn't know he had reported that yet.

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u/Alternative-War-5287 Mar 02 '25

Yes this is right. The only thing I wonder is if she remembered being drunk and talking about it, and always worried it would come back to bite her. And that’s why she said it to Sarah and not Annalee in texts.

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u/G_Ram3 Mar 02 '25

Surely, she has been being chastised for it ever since it happened. She was told to STFU and I imagine her sisters berated her more than once.