Witness: Missing geologist was acting erratically before disappearance
A few things to note:
•Mr Elliott informed his coworkers by phone about the situation, assuming the younger geologist wasn’t feeling well and would call in sick. Hours later, no one had heard from Mr Robinson,
and Mr Elliott went investigating – finding the 24-year-old’s Jeep tracks heading further into the desert.
“When I saw that, my heart sank, because
it just told me that he wasn’t going home,” Mr Elliott told
The Independent. “Something was really not right.”
•But family told the investigator that, leading up to that date, he’d made odd comments, disappeared for a significant chunk of time one day and left his apartment wide open.
•The airbags were deployed, it (his Jeep) was tipped on its side at the bottom of a ravine and not only were the geologist’s phone, wallet and keys found at the scene, but
also the clothes he was last seen wearing.
•Most people lost or wandering don’t last long in those conditions –
and while bottled water was found in Mr Robinson’s car, it doesn’t appear he took it with him.
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In reference to his vehicle:
“It was
returned to an area near where we were searching – my theory would be maybe to try to throw us off,” he said. “Buckeye Police Department,
they did a search, they didn’t find a vehicle – and also
my search team had been out there; they hadn’t seen the vehicle.”
He added: “I feel like it was dumped.”
My thoughts & questions:
1. Daniel’s odd behavior
What are possible causes for such “bizarre” behavior?
Is his behavior on this day tied to his previous behavior that the family noted (odd comments, missing part of a day, leaving apt. wide open)?
The way his coworker describes his behavior has me worried; it must have been significant enough that his coworker called other coworkers to report it and to go looking for Daniel himself. IMO.
2. Finding his wrecked Jeep
Who feels it was dumped vs always been there?
Is it possible his Jeep was there from day 1 and LE and other searchers just overlooked it?
It was about a month before it was found.
3. His clothes
So the clothes found were the ones he was wearing the day is disappeared!
What would cause a person to undress? A head injury possibly??
Was there blood on the clothes? What condition were they in? Does this include his boots/shoes? What articles of clothing exactly?