Thought wiki said it was filmed there. I know Shawshank was.
IIRC, the book was set in Georgia, while the film was non-specific about location.
So your son’s girlfriend lives in your house? Or they just suspected she might be there but she wasn’t?
He mentions the neighour’s adult son in the OP - I’d guess that he’s “Jr”.
This. Neighbor’s adult kid’s gf.
(My Jr isn’t allowed to have girls spend the night but then he’s not old enough to drive either.)