JMO & I could be totally wrong, but I agree with you that there was no foul play involved with the car accident.
Some Possible Reasons for the wreck could be:
1. an animal ran out in front of him
2. Jason was merely going too fast and lost control
3. he was impaired
and one theory that I’m not sure if we’ve discussed or not is:
4. after driving down Salt Flat for a bit, Jason starts questioning whether this was the correct route home. Realizing he may need to check Waze to be sure, he starts looking for his cellphone that had (possibly) fell between the seat & console earlier. After attempting to feel for his phone is unsuccessful, Jason takes his eyes off the road to actually look for it. This unfortunately causes the wreck.
Concerning the Snapchat communication:
I don’t know too much about Snapchat, but if he opened Snapchat because someone sent him a msg, I would think (and hope) that particular person would voluntarily tell LE or at least his family about it. With this scenario, I’m assuming the person would be a close friend or family member...or even a casual acquaintance.
But what would be reasons for someone to NOT come forward with this info?
•it was someone who isn’t considered a friend/acquaintance of Jason. (‘shady’)
•the Snapchat was about something that this person does not want others to find out about (personal, embarrassing, illegal, ....)
•no one sent Jason anything through Snapchat
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if this is the case, then that would possibly mean Jason was sending a Snapchat msg
to someone (but then the person he sent it to
should come forth & say “hey, I’m the one Jason sent it to!”)
OR possibly mean Jason was
thinking about using Snapchat but then for whatever reason didn’t.
Again, the above are
just possibilities...none of which I’m sure of or even leaning towards. The only thing I am certain of is I believe it’s important that LE obtain that info.
Why did Jason leave the accident scene without his cellphone?
Possibilities:
1. His adrenaline was pumping because he had just wrecked his car...at night...in the middle of nowhere. He wasn’t thinking clearly, after looking for it, he was like ‘forget it; I’m walking for help.’
2. Jason had a head injury of some sort from the wreck so he was experiencing confused thinking on top of just being involved in an accident. He wasn’t even thinking about his phone.
>So if he wasn’t worried about getting his phone, then why was he worried about his beta fish and backpack? It may be just because those items were
literally in sight. Not thinking clearly, he grabbed those items but his phone was kind of like, “out of sight, out of mind.”
3. He was impaired
Again, just thinking aloud; listing possibilities that others may offer insight or piggyback off of.
