Flying Southwest to SLC does not take half a day (that's the beauty of Southwest Airlines). But yes, it took more than 90 minutes. She probably got to the airport an hour early and the flight was delayed.
Glad to be back. Been busy with school and found some free time. I do find it interesting she was abandoned just miles from where he went to school. That's more of a connection than is being discussed.
I also wonder why he retained skin samples as they recovered her flesh in several locations within his home. That makes me wonder if he had some type of Gein complex, Dahmer complex or simply kept it as his trophy? It's one's like these that frustrate me because I can't directly can't get the facts I want. Lol
We've discussed the Logan Canyon/USU connection a bit. I had said that it is probably the only "wilderness" place he was familiar with, but that, given where he deposited the body, he wasn't too familiar with it. But he felt safe up in that area and knew that that road went out into what he considered the boonies (there are way more isolated places in Utah - and closer to where he lived).
Presumably he either told them where the body was (I doubt it), or they used his digital footprint to find her (more likely IMO).
Where did you read that there were skin samples within his home? Every MSM report has said that there were matches to her in "tissue" that was "charred" in the firepit. I haven't read about any contact DNA being analyzed at this point. The mattress was taken in for testing, obviously, but there have been no results released - unless you know something about that.
Personally, as a forensic anthropologist, I think it's likely he panicked when he realized how difficult/impossible it is to completely destroy a human body (particularly the skull and teeth) in a backyard bonfire and collected what was left and moved it. In doing so, he lacked the time and expertise to figure out what, of the remains, were really remains (organs and small bones would not be easy to find amidst luggage and clothing he apparently burned). A neighbor said they saw a phone being pulled out of the ash pit.
But no where have I read that there was "skin" in several places within his home - and if there is, that would be perfectly consistent with any human simply being in the house for a while - we shed epithelial cells all day long and that presents so-called "contact DNA" on paper, sheets, towels, floors, drains, etc. It's pretty standard for the police to collect drain samples, collect things from the trash, look at towels, sheets and mattresses, but they can dig further if they wish.
