So much could go wrong and apparently did.
ot:
I only went to look at land one time and we met the seller, got out of the cars, walked around, talked about wells, how deep you have to dig, if the creek goes dry, did the property have water rights, was it septic approved, roamed around the land, looked at the view, thought about where the house would sit, discussed how much it might cost to put a gravel driveway in, then left to go and talk it over with the husband.
Of course, I have to say, I would not have chosen where they seemed to be looking at, way off the grid for me.
But, I am trying to think like them, IMO:
They leave town, go check out one piece of property for sale. They talk with people around there. They leave to go check the second piece of property.
The truck is parked.
Maybe it is warmish with the sun coming through the windshield. They take their coats off. Get out to just stand and look around.
Waiting, I would think, for the property owner to show up.
Does he/she show?
The police would know this.
Did they decide they could figure out where the property was, by their gps? And decide to take a look see, even if the property did not show up?
But, then we are
back to the question of why no coats, or the cells, or the dog?
Questions for me are:
Where is the property in relation to where they parked?
Were they expecting the owner?
Did the owner show up?
If so, what did he tell police?
Did they think they would walk into the property?
Gee, even a seemingly flat level piece of property, of one or two acres,
have gopher holes, and all kinds of obstacles.
And that place looked steep and brushy.
The dad had a back disability and was said to walk stooped over.
So, how far could he get on foot?
When I looked at the pics of the truck, there are ruts in the mud.
But hard to tell if another truck came up behind them or not.
Where does that road lead? Does it dead end?
It really does seem, like other posters have said,
that either they walked off the road and were hurt or
fell into a cavern or sinkhole or ?
or
While standing outside, someone came by,
abducted them, did not care about the dog
or any money in the car.
That seems kind of personal or
entirely random.
Well, that thinking out loud did not get me anywhere.
Where could they be?
I guess it will be awhile before we know, if there are no searches scheduled.