carbuff
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<respectfully snipped by me>Those photos really bummed me out. She looks so pitiful.
The new facts only confuse me more...
-Why was she barefoot? Its freezing cold with snow on the ground and shes already underdressed, why was she not wearing shoes?
-Why was her underwear in her pocket? This info makes me feel fairly certain that they were going somewhere they would be getting wet/swimming so she changed into her swim suit and put her clothing back on and her panties in her pocket.
Given the nature of the highway (it being used as a scenic route to take instead of just the highway) I have to wonder if they werent going on some sort of trip that would involve going somewhere to swim - since we now know that more than likely she was killed closer to morning than night I wonder if the male she was with pulled over there so they could change into their swim suits?
They could have pulled into that area, gotten out of the car and walked far enough down the path that she would have felt ok changing into her swimsuit without fearing anyone could see them - her removing her clothing/shoes, putting on the swimsuit and jeans/tee only for him to kill her before she could put her shoes back on throwing HIS swim shorts on her face to cover the wounds? If the intent was to change into things suitable for swim it would only make sense he would have to bring his shorts as well so she would think they both would be changing?
It bummed me, too. She looks way older than I expected, pushing 40, and like she's had a hard life. I can also see what Carl called the "beerfrau" look, which I could never get from the sketches. Poor woman.
There may have been snow on the ground, but in mid-July I doubt if it was freezing at midday. Maybe not what SoCal folks would call beach weather, but more than warm enough for swimming I've read that there's a lake farther up that trail that's popular for swimming in summer.
I think your scenario for what went on just before she was killed is probably pretty accurate. I don't know whether the guy planned to kill her, or possibly something happened that made him decide to right then. Either would fit.