If not the ring, I believe Suzanne's phone may have gotten itself in the river, with help. Seemed to be eating him alive too, not knowing whether LE had found it.
Didn't he say LE messed up the crime scene? Was there additional staging that didn't play out as he intended?
Can someone help me to understand the helmet? Was it a work in progress? Didn't think of the mountain lion angle until after casting it a mile upstream on the road? Why would it be there? Do you have any idea how hard it is for Cat to unbuckle a helmet? No opposable thumbs and not much for patience either, and me, if I'm getting mauled by Cat, I'm not taking my helmet off. It might be the only protection I've got. Human abductor -- hmm, grabs middle aged woman off her bike, sets her down so he can launch her bike over the edge, ducks her into his vehicle, drives a pace, then orders her to hand over her helmet so he can chuck it at random out the window. Did imaginary abductor also make a u-turn at Garfield in order to better align with the helmet drop?
Those tire casts the didn't match anything -- did Barry have access to a different vehicle for his searches, all the mountains, 200 mile radius? Can we be certain the helmet wasn't placed there until after 5/10? After the Cat tale failed to wag?
It's not lost on me that Barry seems to be very comfortable on the adjoining property. 5/9.... all Barry had to do was lock up his truck for the night, load up his cooler or rucksack, throw it up on his shoulder firefighter-style and walk from one PP property to another. Might've had access to other vehicles, all wheel drive or all terrain, and off he goes. Off grid from roughly 11 pm to 3 am. Busy B. But why wait so long? Throw a couple journals on the fire and head out for a while. He may well have gone on that hike with Suzanne after all, earlier in the evening, long before plating his steak.
Only, he was hiking on foot and she? She was over his shoulder.
JMO
