I know Det Radomski spoke about the details surrounding Bob's disappearance, but the more I've thought about it, the more I think the general picture too is incredibly important.
If you had to summarise what happened and what people did in a paragraph or two at the most, a pattern becomes obvious, in my opinion. I pinched Mr Z's chess board to try and demonstrate it to myself, and it worked really well. I might ask him to do it again for me, as he can actually play and knows many of the classic games, whereas I always feel sorry for my pawns and save them, at the expense of my king and queen.
Anyway, if Bob is a pawn at the center of the board, and other people close to the case are other pieces, and you start to move them according to where people were and where they went/what they did up to and after he disappeared.....a pattern becomes quite, quite clear in my opinion.
It sounds mad but I found it really enlightening. And if you then start taking into account some of the details that have been revealed - such as Bob asking PB to find Fontelle, or
RB having worked (or working at the time?) for Monrovia Police Dept, the pattern begins to look less and less right. As though the player of the game was trying to get all the pieces off the board, while making a tiny little maneuver in the corner to check mate.
Some pictures really would be more helpful in explaining what I mean. Luckily, I think Mr Z may have the time to help me, as our TV hasn't worked for some time and football is unavailable. A big bird ( or a little bird small enough to squeeze out of the attic window and onto the roof) must have knocked the satellite dish out of range.
(If he sees this, am I in trouble..)