at 8:45pm, the boy returned to the bar and alison wasn't with him. at 10:15pm, alison returned to the staff parking lot and was picked up by clive and edwin, two boys who work at the resort, in edwin's car. they drove across the island to the basin and spent approximately 2 hours at paulette's place, a local bar. several witnesses saw her with two men, smoking pot, dancing, and drinking rum. they then departed all together at 12:45am.
at 1:30am, a police officer pulled edwin's car over for erratic driving, but only edwin and clive were in the car. the two boys were then taken to the drunk tank to sober up for the night. they were released the following morning and walked 2 miles to retreive the car from where they'd left it at the side of mayfair road, then arrived at work back on the resort in time to start their morning shift.
her body was found a few days later. 18 year old alison thomas was found naked and floating in an uninhabited cay in the caribbean. her death was ruled an accident by police.
clive richardson now residing in new york city