Allyson Harris, aka Allyson Mullaney, mother of Hunter Mullaney and Tru Mullaney. Self proclaimed, Ex best friend of Candus Bly/ Wells who is the Mother of Summer Wells.
"She was like a sister to me, those kids meant the world to me, Summer still does, even the boys"
Hunter is a 15 year old boy who went swimming with Summer and Candus, and Grandma Harer (Summer's grand mother) on the last day Summer was seen, just hours before she went missing. He was left in the car alone with Summer a few times during the day which was filled with errands and a short break for Summer to, get to swim at the lake for a few minutes, and get some energy out, while waiting for a prescription to be filled at the near by Walgreens Pharmacy. By all appearances the day would have / Should have been like any ordinary day. Run some errands, have a little fun, talk to dad on the phone, drop off the passenger who rode along who seemingly had a good time, and then go home, make dinner, do laundry, plant flowers...Wash, rinse, repeat.
According to both Hunter and Candus, Hunter had called or texted Candus to see what she was doing, and tell her that he wanted to get out of the house because his grandmother was coming over and he didn't want to be there. Candus replied that she was at the hospital with her mother and Summer because Grandma Harer's knee needed medical attention. She told Hunter she would come get him, and hang out until Grandma was done at the Hospital, if it was okay with his mother. Allyson allowed her to come and get him. Candus got there to pick him up and left soon after to get grandma because she had finished at the Hospital.
Allyson and her new bestie, Leslie Hill, claim that Candus called Hunter and asked him what he was doing and did he want to hang out while she waited for Grandma to finish with the doctors, and go fishing. Mind you Hunter had his own phone, Allyson was allegedly asleep because she works (according to Hunter), and Leslie was nowhere near any of them, when the call or text was made, and I seriously doubt that Hunter would allow his mother and her bestie to rifle through his phone...I mean really. If I get within 10 feet of my son's phone he gets nervous!
Hunter claims that Candus asked him if he wanted to go fishing, while she was at his house, he also claims that Candus brought Summer into their house, and changed her into a swim suit from the shorts she was wearing. He remembers the colors. Pink. Ally does not confirm this claim as far as I have heard, and ... Hunter stated "she was Dead asleep in the Bathroom" ??she was sleeping???
Candus says Summer was already wearing her swim suit when she left home that morning, that there were really no plans to go fishing or swimming, that Summer just wanted to wear the swimsuit that day, she's 5 years old totally believable when summer weather is just peeping into the mountains, and there is even a remote possibility that you might hit a swimming hole. She did not bring fishing poles and Hunter didn't bring one, just an observation. "let's go fishing"? "you got poles? nope I thought you had the poles?" Okay?
Hunter says:
"I asked if I could come with because Summer was going"
---What was your first impression when you saw her(Summer) that day?
"Just Just, like it usually is, I was just like; yay! she's over here! I mean, I don't know"
---So what draws you to Summer? What draws her to you?
"I mean I think it's because I show her a lot of attention"
---Oh, interesting.
"like not weird, but I show her attention"
---Miss Robin shows her a lot of attention too, at church...
"Yeh like I'll sit there and she'll be like, give me a piggy back ride!"
---Like an older brother..
"That's what I'm saying"
---Did you have an older brother sister kind of vibe going?
"yeh, that's what it was, because her brothers always use to pick on her"
During Ally's interview, she was asked about "when Hunter asked her to go with Candus and she said:
" ...going fishing with her, I didn't see nothing wrong with it,, because you know brother sister, go have fun, do something with that little girl, show her there's fun out there, that people love her, people care about her."
Summer and Hunter at the swimming hole, (enhanced altered photo "collage" artist unknown)
So Grandma was written a prescription, and they had to go get it filled. If you've ever lived in the country and had to drive 15 or 20 - 30 miles through mountains to get to anywhere that you can get anything you need, you take advantage of the trip, you have a set course and / or you wing it, but you will avoid back tracking for stops as much as possible, because backtracking could be for 3-4-10 miles or more.
So their first stop was a Tobacco shop, to get some cigarettes and a Twisted Tea, (alcoholic beverage) according to Candus.
Candus says she bought the tea for her mother.
Allyson and her bestie (who were not present), insisted she bought it FOR Hunter, They spread the rumor on Facebook and Youtube that Candus had bought Hunter an undisclosed amount of twisted tea and "puff bars" aka vapes.
Hunter says he only asked for the Tea when she got back into the car with it, he didn't know if it was for Grandma or Candus, He claims Candus said he could have it.
Candus says she said NO! when he asked for it. it was for Grandma.
The next stop (in a directional sequence) is at a place called the Hippie House, a local smoke shop selling CBD and Hemp Products. Candus stopped in to buy a 3 pack of "vapes" skittles flavored, (according to some it was CBD delta 8 which is legal) Candus does not deny that she likes the good green leafy plant. She placed the vapes on the console of her car. Hunter asked for one.
Hunter claims she gave him 1 or 2 vapes, his mother and her bestie claim she bought them for him. Candus says she bought them for herself and when Hunter asked for one, on 2 different occasions she said no.
Next stop is Walgreens, drive through, Hunter says the line was long and they were there for about 1/2 hour in the drive thru. He says while they were there Donald (Summer's father) called and Hunter turned his own phone off so he could eavesdrop on their conversation. Apparently Hunter's suspicions had already been raised, on this ordinary day, during this, so far, uneventful trip... He says " I turned mine off(his phone) to see if I could listen in on anything suspicious or anything". So he listened in on the conversation between Candus and her Husband from the back seat, because he thought it was "odd" he says many times about many things "it just seemed odd". He also states that he just figured it was like normal that Donald calls Candus several times a day to check in. Then he says, when Candus hung up, he asked her what they were talking about, and Candus told him that Donald said there was a creeper up on the property, that was trying to touch the kids. Mind you the three older boys, Summer's brothers, were at home while she was out, and Donald was at work. And Candus confirms that Donald called, but she doesn't confirm that they talked about a predator. She says he did not.
Candus says she told Donald what she was up to, and said she was probably going to go over to the lake for a few minutes to let Summer play, and I'm sure after waiting in a drive thru for 35 minutes or so, it was time for everyone to get a few minutes out of the car for a stretch, and wait for Grandma's prescription. Then she planned to get some groceries and go home.
Donald confirms calling Candus while she was out, to ask her what she was doing, and when she thought she might be home, and based on their conversation, Donald decided he could stay a little later at work, since she was out running errands.
Hunter states that he remembers the name of the creeper:
"Just the name, that's all I remember, He's been up on the property, like a week or two, trying to like, I guess, she said 'touch the little kids', like give them a hug", and then he mentions someone named Billy and his mother interrupts and says, "he's an old drunk", he sleeps on the property when his wife gets mad at him, and he is not allowed around the kids, he has a "thing" for Grandma Harer. (note that Ally and Hunter claims her has had no contact with Candus for almost a year, and she, herself, has had no contact, at least since October 2020, when they had a falling out). But she knows that Billy has been up there lurking around Grandma, She also states that "he got arrested". No further discussion about this so called "Billy" other than he's not the droid we're looking for. No further talk about an actual predator stalking the kids either.
Hunter adds that he just thought it was suspicious "because How would Don know there was a guy on the property if he is supposed to be at work?" He also claimed that the boys were at work with Donald that day. They were not.
When questioned a little further about the vapes and the Twisted Tea, he answers vaguely, saying they were nicotine vapes, one black, and one purple, and then when asked if there was a blue one he says "oh blue? yeh that one(!??) was for her she likes the skittles blue." one blue one. Pressed on the Twisted Tea whether it was a bottle or can he fumbles to find a photo of the product on the internet to "show" the podcaster..."I just know it's a whole can if I'm correct, if I'm correct, I just know that there has, they have to have done something, because she did not walk off that property, that's all I know." Then he shows the image of the Twisted Tea product "this is what it looks like".
Now here is the backtracking that we try to avoid in rural areas, Hunter claims that they went to the Hippie House mentioned above, after they went to Walgreens to drop off the prescript after the swimming hole, and before picking up the script.
Below is a map of the possible route Candus drove on June 15th, at least in the directional order she says she took,
The hospital
Hunter's house
the Tobacco Shop
The Hippie house
Walgreens Pharmacy
The Lake at the Horse Stables of Warrior State Park
Back to the Walgreens
Then Sonic,
and Priceless grocery
I left out the Sonic but it's very close to the Walgreens, going back up Fort Henry Drive toward the Hippie house
And this is Hunter's Possible version according to Google maps, where they would have driven past the Hippie House on the way to Walgreens, the first time, then back to the Hippie House before going to the lake? I'm just think someone has the trip order of stops wrong and according to Candus "I was driving, I know where I stopped!"
Hunter's Version he says:
His house, the hospital, the discount tobacco shop, walgreens, the hippie house, then the lake, and back to walgreens, and sonic and the priceless.... I'm sooo confused!!!
And then they went home to Ben Hill RD
He says that Candus and her mother went in to the CBD shop and left him and Summer in the car alone to wait. He says it was after the swimming hole, Summer was fine she was talking, because he had his phone and he says "I make her sit there, because I don't really watch tik toc, I don't really like to do anything with cameras".
What was she talking about?
"she was talking about? oh LOL's, because she likes a new thing. Her mom was talking about, she done grew out of Frozen, now she wants all these LOL's" So
--what's LOL's? Laugh out loud?
"yeah they're like little surprise dolls"
Little dolls, okay
Which ones was she watching?
"she was watching, if I remember it, No she wasn't doing that, I was just saying that she was talking about that, but she was mainly watching popits" Then Hunter diverts the interviewer's attention to popits which is a sensory "toy" like a fidget, because he has one and he needs to find it to show ya, and he has compulsive ADHD. The toy is used for "stimming" in autism and neuro divergent teens.
(See notes below on Stimming in ADHD Teens, and Popits sensory toys)
"No it's something that she just got into because she was scrolling thru that..." Allyson interrupted with some phone drama....
continues...
---So she likes these?
yeah.
---Then what happened?
She came out of the store with 2 vapes, and she gave me one"
--another one?
"mmm hmmm"
---Then what?
The we went to grab that prescription"
---at Walgreens?
"Yeh cause it was ready."
How long do you think that prescription took to get ready?
they said it was 35 minutes so it all could have taken about 35 minutes or more.
Did someone go in or drive thru again?
"drive thru again"
paraphrased:
after Walgreen's drive thru they went to Sonic for slushies, they drank them in the car on the way to Price less food store, Candus and Grandma went into the grocery store, leaving Hunter and Summer in the car alone again, Hunter says for about an hour, Candus says maybe 5-10 minutes, she grabbed a few things.
---So what are you guys doing (in the car?)
"still watching tik tocs, listening to music, I mean just sitting there watching tik tocs mainly.
Is she lethargic? do you notice anything unusual?
"I didn't, no, just noticed that her hair was cut, that was it"
yeh but when did you notice that, right?
"that was like when we first saw it"
right I mean but at that moment are you noticing anything unusual? going down?
"not really"
---what does that mean?
"like, Not in general, no"
then there was a conversation about the groceries and the milk, and the position of the milk, being in 3 different locations in the short trip from the price less to Hunter's house. And then taking Hunter home where Ally did or did not come out to the car to see Summer.
1) Side note: Candus stated in her interview when asked specifically if Summer liked LOL dolls, and she said very matter of factly "no she didn't care for those, she likes those little animals with the big eyes, and paw patrol and frozen" Google LOL dolls controversy and ask yourself why he mentioned them if she wasn't looking at them, and why he said he doesn't do tik toc, because he doesn't like doing anything with cameras????? RED FLAG!!!!! why mention cameras when they were just watching or not, or talking about popit's ... but later says she was still watching tic tok mainly... at the grocery store. ??? why is his "order of operations" so off?
2) side note Candus stated that she bought 3 vapes, skittles because that is the only kind she buys, and she sat them in the truck console, and Hunter asked for one and she said NO
3) Side note, paraphrase/ Ally claims that she went out to the car when Hunter was brought home, and tried to "look at Summer" she was sleeping in the back seat (or not, as in dead) and Candus wouldn't roll down the window for her to see her and wake her up so she could say hi and give her a hug, and Ally states "I couldn't get my hands on her so I don't know if she was actually sleeping or not" While Hunter thinks Summer was still awake when he left the car.. Hunter also doesn't remember whether he got out of the car or if Summer got out (to let him out first, because he got tangled up in his story, Not being sure if Summer was in the middle or by the door or where the milk jugs were or how they got there, Were they in the middle, on the floor or over on the other side of Summer as seen in the photos? Candus says that Ally did not go out to the car to talk to her or Summer when Hunter was dropped off at home. Ally claims that Summer was sleeping on the milk jugs, and the photo had to have been taken in front of her house because that is exactly what she saw when she went out to the car. That the windows were rolled up and Candus would not let her wake Summer and say hi to her, or give her a hug. Candus allegedly told Ally she had to get home with the groceries. Hunter was dropped off everyone agrees, around 2:30, the tik toc photo/video Exif data says the video was made at 3:09 pm June 15th
There are so many inconsistencies and red flags I cannot cover more at the moment. I understand Hunter is 15 and not maybe, the best source of facts, but his own mother contradicts him or the other way around so....THINK!!
To be continued
Another side note. I believe it is against regulations for a CBD shop to sell alcoholic beverages
Allyson's bestie is the one who started a RUMOR that Summer has slipped and gone underwater for almost a minute, and that she slipped on a rock and hit her head... Hunter contradicts this claim so Leslie and Ally shave it down to about 10 - 20 seconds, in Ally's first interview. Hunter also contradicts this, saying it was maybe for 4 seconds. And then he says he doesn't know he just knows she went under and didn't come back up, it could have been more or it could have been less. But so he jumped in after her, or he walked in calm as (?) and got her because he thought she was just messin' with him, or he threw down his shirt and went in and grabbed her up and put her over his shoulder.... for later discussion...the "drowning theory" and "the life guard on duty"
reference: Stimming:
Can you stim and not be autistic?
Stimming does not necessarily mean a person has autism, ADHD, or another neurological difference. Yet frequent or extreme stimming such as head-banging more commonly occurs with neurological and developmental differences.
What is an ADHD stim?
ADHD stimming is self-stimulating behavior. People with ADHD may stim to self-soothe or to increase their focus and attention. Stimming on its own is not necessarily a problem, but it can become a problem if it interferes with everyday functioning.
What triggers stimming?
Boredom, fear, stress and anxiety can also trigger stimming. The intensity and type of stimming can vary from individual to individual. For some, the behaviours may be mild and occasional, while others may engage in stimming more frequently.
From https://www.today.com/parents/what-are-popits-viral-fidget-toys-take-over-toy-stores-t224657
If a child believes the toy helps them, Spannagel said, then that is half the battle won. "It's whatever you think it is," she said. "I think it's no different than two summers ago, when fidget spinners were the hip thing to collect."
"I'm just happier they're cheaper than LOL Dolls and not a screen. Win-win!" said Los Angeles mom Meredith Gordon-Hochberg, whose daughter Margaux, 10, is a self-proclaimed fidget toy expert.
And if you think they look enticing even as an adult, you're not alone.....
Reference LOL Dolls:
from a Facebook post:
What the hell are these LOL dolls wearing!!!!??? 😱 #slutty #inappropriate 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
An article from the Daily Mail UK:
from TANITH CAREY FOR THE DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 17:38 EST, 14 September 2020 | UPDATED: 05:42 EST, 15 September 2020
Quote:
"Parents say that the tiny dolls reveal adult-style lingerie when plunged in water
Call this child's play? They're best-selling dolls, but when you plunge them in water they could be wearing secret lingerie. Now the latest disturbing trend from the U.S. tycoon behind many 'sexualised' toys is becoming the new must-have gift
The big-eyed dolls have become one of Britain's best-selling toys
L.O.L Surprise! dolls reveal adult-style underwear when plunged in water
Parents expressed their worries on social media about the sexualised toys
As IT is the must-have toy of the moment, Lorraine Hardy was happy to indulge her eight-year-old daughter Isabella’s pleas for more L.O.L Surprise! dolls to add to her collection.
For anyone who has yet to encounter the phenomenon, these are the tiny dolls — just a few inches tall — that have become one of Britain’s best-selling toys, thanks to their huge doe eyes and candy-coloured outfits...."
"...But it wasn’t just the appearance that had kept Isabella, eight, hooked since the age of four.
Every time she got one for Christmas or a birthday, she loved the suspense of unwrapping the seven crinkly plastic layers of spherical packaging it came in — each yielding a new surprise, often accessories like tiny shoes or a new dress for the doll within.
Yet now it seems that each time Lorraine, a former social work manager with 20 years’ experience in child protection, shelled out around £10, she may have been in for even more of a surprise than she had bargained for.
Lorraine, 40, of Chalfont St Peter, Bucks, says: ‘When I saw the reports on social media that some of them had hidden underwear if they were put in cold water, I decided to give it a try.
‘Frankly, I thought it was a hoax, because I found it hard to believe that one of the world’s biggest toy companies would do something like this.
‘Why would a doll that was meant to represent a toddler — some have dummies in their mouths — be secretly dressed in an outfit that looked more suitable for an adult to wear to an S&M club?’
As Lorraine immersed four of Isabella’s dolls in the bowl, with her bewildered child looking on, she found that, within seconds, two emerged with adult-style underwear. When she checked all of her daughter’s collection of 20 dolls, half had similar undergarments when they are put in water.
‘These were not proper vests, pants or swimwear,’ says Lorraine. ‘Some of it was cross-over bondage-style stuff, accessorised with a mask.
‘I was horrified that I’d given hundreds of pounds to a company encouraging the sexualisation of children. I felt duped.’
Looking at the outraged posts on social media and numerous clips of other mums also revealing the dolls’ hidden underwear in water, so, it seems, do many other parents, with some reporting they have discovered devil’s tails, tattoos and fishnet stockings on the toys when they wet them.
They are also angered that, although the packaging said that some dolls change colour when wetted, there was no warning that such a change would reveal sexualised undergarments
In response, the company behind L.O.L Surprise! dolls, MGA Entertainment, issued a statement saying it has implemented ‘corrective measures to our design’ after admitting ‘a small number showed inappropriate attire or markings’.
However, this was not before MGA made a vast fortune out of its best-selling product line which it launched in 2016.
Last year alone the LA-based firm is estimated to have netted $5 billion (£3.9 billion) from sales of the dolls that are available from retailers including Argos and John Lewis, and outsell Pokemon, Barbie and even Star Wars toys.
But perhaps the man behind L.O.L Surprise! dolls, Isaac Larian, the billionaire head of the privately-run family company, should not be surprised by the furor. After all, he knows how well sexualised dolls sell to little girls. This is because in 2001 the 66-year-old grandfather was the man who brought Bratz to the market. These hyper-sexualised dolls with their inflated pouts and ‘hooker-chic’ wardrobes sold in their millions but were also widely criticized.
Their appeal spread so fast that the American Psychological Association issued a report saying: ‘It is worrisome when dolls designed specifically for four- to eight-year-olds are associated with an objectified adult sexuality.’
Talking about the L.O.L Surprise! dolls, one mother commented on Mumsnet: ‘My daughter doesn’t see fishnet tights. She sees a pattern on their legs. She doesn’t see raunchy underwear — she sees swimwear. She’s never been exposed to those other things, so she would never think that way.’
However, child psychologist Emma Citron believes we ignore the return of creeping sexualization's of toys at our peril.
‘The L.O.L Surprise! doll is a sort of sexually sinister version of the old Kinder egg that kids used to unwrap to get to the prize inside,’ she says. ‘What’s particularly insidious about this is that the parents don’t necessarily realise when they’re buying." ...read more at the link above
and then there's this from the same article above:
"Last year, the man behind L.O.L Surprise! dolls, defended the decision to add genitalia to boy dolls, even though no warning was given to parents"
Image below of the male LOL doll, is from another article at:
https://www.scarymommy.com/boy-lol-surprise-dolls-anatomically-correct/
Commenter on a blog called Cafe Mom:
"you really put the “Surprise” in LOL Surprise when you put a whole penis and balls on the male LOL doll my poor, innocent little niece got. Thanks for that awkward and unnecessary conversation."
— comment dated July 19, 2019
When Summer went missing, the Tic tok video of Summer Swimming was found by snoopers, and immediately Hunter became a person of interest (at least with youtubers and discussion groups on Facebook and other social media sites). Just on appearances, Hunter became the object of scrutiny. The hoards decided he was up to no good down at the swimming hole, and lots of the craziest accusations, and suppositions were swirling. Comments like what is he doing there with her... Candus was "renting" Summer to Hunter for the afternoon, Candus and Hunter are a "couple", maybe Summer drowned while they were off doing the dirty. She was probably high on something and.... and.....are you seeing the garbage bag there Hunter is putting something in it...I bet they put Summer in it, that's IT!! Look he's throwing a gang sign! He's really creepy...
According to Leslie
7) child protective services was due to visit the next day (June 16th) How did Ally know this? and they just had to get rid of Summer because she would tell CPS about her abuse (CPS had been to the house on previous occasions, apparently more than once or twice). So they killed, and/or disappeared Summer to avoid being charged with Sexually abusing her, by risking being caught in a conspiracy to murder her?????? Either way you're going to end up at the same place!
8) the boys were known to shoot BB guns at the dogs and each other for fun
9) there was no discipline, they all ran wild, they were dirty and neglected, beaten and starved, and Ally provided food for them.
11) According to Tru in a more recent interview:
Summer wanted to see the movie "the Lion King
When asked, Had she witnessed any abuse from Donald Wells including physical, violent, or sexual abuse? "No not really from him, just from the mom, and the brothers, and the grandma"
Mind you, there was no mention that the kids were being held against their will, or that she had left her kids in a very, allegedly, dangerous situation to fend for themselves against a crazy woman with a rifle! She just wanted the cops to go up there and get her kids because she had to go to work.
According to her mother, Tru has been running away from home since she was 12 years old, has been in and out of juvenile detention, and Ally said she had been placed in a mental facility at present, because she just keeps running away. This doesn't seem like a well adjusted child nor a safe household to be growing up in.
