Thank you for reopening the thread Trisha. We will lookout for this one..
Here is something I like to share from looking at the general area around the CS. The first picture is a capture from Google Earth dated 4-11-2017 and showing Highway 25:
The second capture is dated 2-26-2012, Highway 25 was not built yet:
Looking at Google Earth from the 2012 capture, there are not many possibilities to park a car and visit the trail/bridge. The trailhead parking did not exist yet. The cemetery would have been an option and possibly the small side entry to the trails, the area the girls had been dropped off in 2017.
The DHS building was a good location to park on the weekends IMO, since it was closed on Saturdays and Sundays. As a matter of fact, look close at the Google Earth capture. The aerial was captured on a Sunday (2/26/12) and there is indeed a car parked in front of the building. Perhaps some folks would park here and walk over to the trails.
I am wondering if BG may be someone used to visiting the trail on the
weekends and possibly used to parking his vehicle at the DHS building ? Furthermore, if he did park his vehicle there in years prior, he would also possibly have knowledge about the DHS building being abandoned and the parking area being open to be utilized all 7 days of the week.
If he had a vehicle in 2017 - and since LE is looking for a specific car it is entirely possible - and arrived via 25,
he may have been used to park at the DHS building (perhaps he moved from Delphi did not know about
the new trail head parking?).
If he was planning an attack and was local, why would he expose himself IMO and park all (by himself) at the DHS building? He would be seen by locals!
So, the question is, how local is local? He could be local (20+ miles away) and still not know about the parking situation around the bridge. What does that mean? It could mean, that despite of the "difficulty" to park his vehicle, he still parked possibly at the DHS building (why?), risked being spotted twice (on the way and on the way back), because he had a
plan? A specific plan or a general plan?
I am not claiming BG is
older than 18 in 2017. I am not claiming BG has or had a
vehicle in or prior to 2017. I am also not claiming to know about BG's movements on 2/13/2017
before or after the crime.
To be continued.
ALL IMO
-Nin