Generally speaking, warrants are sealed if LE is not sure a perp acted alone.
I agree 100% that he should tell where she is.
Agreed 100% however I would also imagine he's being advised by his attorney to not say anything. Regardless of how we might feel about that, it's what a good lawyer does for their client. Say nothing and let me handle it.
For some reason, I keep thinking Linda is still alive. But I do know that's highly unlikely.
I have been hoping she was still alive from the beginning. However, I don't think so, not after so much time has gone by, sadly.
Using Google earth from the site of her kidnapping we determined it would take about 20 minutes at 50-55mph to reach the abandoned campground (at least the area it appeared to be based upon your directions and Google earth landmarks. He may have killed her and buried her here. This area is in the middle of nowhere in an already rural area and heavily wooded. It would be an ideal place to commit such an atrocity. I'm assuming sexual assault since they found intimate articles of clothing removed. So he may have taken the clothing from the campground and then from there he should have traveled West back towards Bird in hand. On Harvest road we found the location on Google search of the address where her clothing was found but it appears to be nothing more than a barn. However if there is a misalignment on the exact location there is a site very close by, maybe 300 yards, that sits infront of a row of train tracks and a large field of corn. The business appears to be Amish owned. The Amish do not conduct business on Sundays and she was abducted on a Sunday. He could have walked the railroad tracks and buried her clothing behind the business. She was last seen at 12:40 pm and the last time his vehicle was reported was roughly 2:30-3:30 pm. That would give him anywhere from 1 hour and 50 minutes to 2 hours and 50 minutes to abduct LS, take her to the campground, commit the crime, drive back towards bird in hand, walk the traintracks and bury the clothing before fleeing. I may have missed some parts of this story though so if I did please let me know. I think that the abandoned campground could very well be the place her poor body may be buried if she was indeed murdered. Doubling back could throw police off his tracks. Leaving her clothing in the opposite direction could draw police away from the actual scene of the crime.
Also if we did the math correctly it should be 20 minutes from site of abduction to the abandoned campground, roughly 15 minutes to sexually assault her and 5 minutes to kill her and removed her undegarments. In June in the woods it should be fairly damp and if she were buried in a shallow grave, roughly 2 feet about 45 minutes to bury her. From there it takes about 15 minutes to drive back to the business and 10-15 to park and walk behind the building and bury the clothing in 6-8 inches and flee. That adds up to 1 hour 50 minutes, the exact minimum time that his car was seen. The Amish would unlikely have any video surveillance since they do not use electricity and being closed on Sunday there would be no witnesses. He could have very well pulled into the parking lot rather than walk the tracks. His home appears to be roughly 2 miles away from the site her clothing was found.
