I am beyond frustrated with the conflicting information also, and I find it very strange that this case is not in our local news more! We subscribe to the Hutchinson Paper and the Wichita Eagle, the largest & most read papers serving the GB & central KS area.
I did make it to GB last weekend, but things were too crazy with preparing for my parents move that I didn't have spare (alone) time to drive the routes & obtain pics. I am going back Thursday to shampoo carpets for my parents, and I will complete this project before heading over there.
In looking at the addresses on the map in correlation with Love's, here is my opinion...
AL is only a few blocks (I believe I counted 6) from AD. These roads are all residential, so time would be a couple minutes, at most. From there, he forced her to do horrible things in the SUV, and then when he was done he realized he messed up big time and would likely get caught. I believe he was intoxicated with either alcohol or drugs. There is only 1 Love's in GB, and it's the total OPPOSITE direction of the Venture plant. But, it was close to where AL lived, so I assume that's why he went there. Who knows. I think she was duct taped in the back of the SUV, and he did that to keep her down and out of sight/ear shot of other people at the gas station. Perhaps he also covered her with something (blanket, clothes, who knows) to keep her hidden also. This gas station is fairly busy, but it's also not uncommon for it to be very slow at that time of night. I drive by it every single time I go to my parents, both on the way there and the way home.
I think it was after 12:10 at the gas station that he then drove to Venture plant, and burned her. I pray that she wasn't alive when she was burned but, I am starting to believe she was still alive. My theory, she knew she was going to die when he duct taped her and she somehow managed to grab ahold of a piece of her jewelry to comfort herself. I don't believe it's been said what she was holding, but perhaps it was a cross or something a family member (mom, sister, dad) gave her and it she was praying for her life. He set her on fire, watched her die, tossed the can out the window, rushed home & tried like heck to dispose of the evidence.
I think EB should be charged with tampering of evidence and concealing a crime. She had to have known what was going on, maybe not right away, but I cannot believe she would not connect the events of him coming home smelling of gas & a Venture plant employee finding her burned body.