It's possible, or she was tired and really didn't want to share the bed with the two large dogs that night since she had to be up early and needed to get some sleep.
Link on the self defense ring so we can all buy one?
I absolutely agree with you. Setup style scenarios do occur, but they are comparatively rare in regards to most other scenarios. Most crimes like this, don’t involve that type of planning, and the fear that the perp feels after committing the crime, does not generally lend itself to an organized effort to mislead. The more outlandish the theory, the further you stray from facts, and thus, the likely reality.
I don’t think you’re stretching there, they could absolutely mean “no communication at all.”
How can they rescue her if they don't know where she is?
Maybe nobody entered the house. We have no idea who, what or when to be honest. So it's all could be's.
Only reason I can think of is to try to use cell to throw investigators off track. Plant evidence that points in another direction.
I agree. As to the scenario of them being afraid to arrest someone because they don’t know where she is and she may “starve,” history doesn’t lend that much credence. If you have enough to arrest someone, then you have enough leverage for the perpetrator to tell you where the victim is. This type of thing has played out in ransom scenarios, where the victim has been buried alive (super rare). If they know who did it, and have reason to believe Mollie is still alive, police would have moved in. Preservation of life is paramount in LE.
She may have let them out and then put them back in the basement.
I think that circle could widen substantially if somebody had evil on their minds. Family, coworkers, college pals, heck even somebody locally knocking on the door and asking is....home?
The dogs being put away would be for the purpose of eliminating distraction, or for the perps own safety, not out of concern for them.
