They said that Danny had been dead for some time....So, say an hour before 9:30.....say 8:30. The timespan between last seen alive and death is 6:30-8:30 and I think that's MAX.
In Anna's case: I believe the time was the same because Taz said that 1 1/2 hours had passed when they checked her.
Those two times seem comparable.
Howard didn't know (that I know of) what meds Daniel was on and if he was taking them. He likely gave him something RIGHT AFTER the pictures to start the process of making him dopey. Howard's "He said he was sleepy (or tired)" tells me that. What Danny said is simply not an unusual statement.
More likely, he was reeling and starting to struggle with life.
Whatever killed each of them was a massive dose to "END IT"...what I call the killer dose and the imminent cause of death.
Short answer...Danny was given drugs earlier to make him unable to resist the later Killer Dose. Same as Anna.
Actually it was unusual. He said "Howard, why am i so tired/or sleepy?". If a person says "i'm so sleepy" it's not unusual, but "Howard, why am i so sleepy" doesn't sound usual to me.
More likely, he was reeling and starting to struggle with life. Whatever killed each of them was a massive dose to "END IT"...what I call the killer dose and the imminent cause of death. Short answer...Danny was given drugs earlier to make him unable to resist the later Killer Dose. Same as Anna.
So then he hit Daniel twice. Maybe once before he left for "food" and then when he got back, Daniel was out cold and he hit him with the killer dose. Is that it? or close?