Although it’s never truly confirmed whether people stayed or not after George’s death, it’s pretty safe to assume they all immediately bolted. Marie talks about how she looked around for George’s body and never mentions another person that stuck around. judging by fact that they were threatened with legal action, nobody would want to be connected to what happened anyway.
It’s always things like these that I think about at 12am and wonder what would’ve happened if someone had stayed and given Marie the support she had needed, even if it was just by reassuring her that somebody else believed her and was there for her. You can tell she’s never gotten a positive response form opening up in the past (how surprising) if she ever did since she struggles to comprehend the fact that somebody believes her if you tell her that. Even though she would’ve needed more than a few words to properly recover, I feel like some issues could be resolved if she had someone she could’ve gone to.