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Well, nothing much here except LE saying "we know about it" or words to that effect. Still it is good the media is trying to put something out there so the public doesn't forget.
I've always felt that this was 2, or maybe 3, persons involved. I can't put my finger on exactly why, maybe it is how Audrey's vehicle was left on the interstate. Another vehicle involved?What happened to these two?!
I feel more than one person is in involved some how.
I'm local and the volume on the 10 is fairly heavy (and always steady as you say) most times...though not compared to the 91 or 405 or anywhere near L.A. I'd say they weren't noticed because there's always cars pulled off the highway around here for some reason. You see it all the time. We're just immune to it I guess.I've been to CA several times, but the closest I've probably come to this area was when I drove from San Diego to 29 Palms Marine Corps Base and back. That took me to the northwest of Coachella and Indio. So I'm not that familiar with the volume of traffic on I-10. But I seem to remember that, while not heavy traffic, was very steady.
So how does one park a vehicle on I-10 and not get noticed? I've seen many cases on here where the abductor/killer left the car in airport parking, a visitor spot in another apartment complex, off a city street or a rural road. But on an interstate?!?! Yes, Crystal Rogers car was found on the Bluegrass Pkwy and I can think of one other case in the midwest where a lady's car was found on an interstate hwy, but in that instance LE has a description from drivers of the men she was seen with while parked there. This person(s) took a risk taking Audrey and Jonathan from that spot in another vehicle. And I believe SAR dogs tracked the scent of at least one of them from the vehicle.
Maybe very late at night or very early in the morning when the traffic would be lighter, but it is still a risk.
I've been to CA several times, but the closest I've probably come to this area was when I drove from San Diego to 29 Palms Marine Corps Base and back. That took me to the northwest of Coachella and Indio. So I'm not that familiar with the volume of traffic on I-10. But I seem to remember that, while not heavy traffic, was very steady.
So how does one park a vehicle on I-10 and not get noticed? I've seen many cases on here where the abductor/killer left the car in airport parking, a visitor spot in another apartment complex, off a city street or a rural road. But on an interstate?!?! Yes, Crystal Rogers car was found on the Bluegrass Pkwy and I can think of one other case in the midwest where a lady's car was found on an interstate hwy, but in that instance LE has a description from drivers of the men she was seen with while parked there. This person(s) took a risk taking Audrey and Jonathan from that spot in another vehicle. And I believe SAR dogs tracked the scent of at least one of them from the vehicle.
Maybe very late at night or very early in the morning when the traffic would be lighter, but it is still a risk.
Sometimes I wonder if a working dog is no better than their handler. They are amazing trackers. That said I wonder sometimes if the vehicle wasn't just left there and a chase vehicle picked up the driver. It would be less risky than trying to handle 2 hostages at the same time. Still I believe I would have picked a lightly traveled rural road instead.Regardless of what the scent dogs indicated, I am not convinced Audrey and Jonathan were in her vehicle as it traveled to Beaumont that evening.
The exit the vehicle was just past has a gas station, restaurants, etc. all right off of I-10. I am curious to know if any of the cameras at those establishments were checked. I'm not sure if I think the vehicle ever pulled off at that exit, but it certainly couldn't hurt to look. I doubt any of the footage is still available, but I hope they checked it initially.
I am local to this case and would say I-10 is quite heavily traveled. It's definitely more than just steady traffic at pretty much every hour of the day. I've been stuck in non-moving traffic quite a few times in the general area the vehicle was located. There are so many vehicles pulled over that I never give them a second thought except to change lanes if I am in the lane closest to them.
I also think more than one person is involved, but I'm not sure how many people were initially involved versus brought in after the fact.
Two years! Unbelievable. Good article. I've read it before but it is worth repeating.This is a pretty lengthy article - I'm only posting a snippet.
"Friday is the second anniversary of a young couple's mysterious disappearance, one that shocked the Coachella Valley.
Riverside County sheriff's investigators said Wednesday the case of Jonathan Reynoso and Audrey Moran remains perplexing.
Sheriff's Lt. Walt Mendez told reporters on Wednesday afternoon in Riverside that the disappearance is still a missing-persons case two years later."
Missing couple case: Two years later, sheriff's lieutenant says he believes it is 'solvable'
Two years! Unbelievable. Good article. I've read it before but it is worth repeating.
We don't know if LE has prints or DNA. But if the abductor(s) didn't get in or use the vehicle there wouldn't be anything there. Although, I do believe it is likely the abductor or one of them was in the vehicle directing them to that spot where they were put in another vehicle. OR the abductor or accomplice parked the vehicle there and was picked up by a chase car after everything else had been done.
If we believe what the dogs tracked then the hijacking is likely. Unless they received a call from someone with 'car trouble' - a ruse to get them to stop - and the abduction went down at that point. In that scenario the abductor's DNA/prints are not in vehicle. But two vehicles with that type of activity risks being noticed. We don't know if LE received a tip in that regard, but they haven't mentioned looking for another vehicle. Of course, that could be something LE is not releasing even if they do have it. This scenario is only likely if it involves someone Jonathan, Audrey or both trusted. Audrey was likely driving so someone she trusted?
Abducting both of them on the side of road is taking a risk one of them won't run or there is a struggle or both and passing cars see it. All the more reason I believe this involved someone they trusted and didn't believe it would end up in their deaths. I believe the least likely is one of them of the abductors forced them to that spot on the interstate. Why change vehicles there instead of a more secluded spot in the desert? For that matter if the vehicle was intended to dropped somewhere after the crime why not pick a more secluded spot as well? In many cases if the criminal was in the victim's vehicle they burn it and here the criminal(s) didn't have an issue with leaving the vehicle as is. That makes me believe the hijacking is a strong scenario.
She could have been there, but her phone taken away from her. If they were abducted, the first thing the abductors would take away would be any weapons - gun or knife - and then their phones. But I wonder where Jonathan's phone was pinging? If my scenario is correct and they were abducted at the same time Jonathan's phone should show in the same area. There's good chance that one of them was the target and the other was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Of course, if this was a jealous ex or Audrey that doesn't apply as he would likely target both of them.At first I thought the same thing about someone she trusted called her about car troubles and thats how her car ended on the side of the freeway but then I read an article that said her phone never left the coachela area and it was turned off around 10 so when her car was being drove there she didnt have her phone so whatever happened must occured before them moving the car to the freeway
I don't recall hearing or reading that point. If that is true all we have is Audrey's phone data. And if an abductor took her phone away and destroyed it.....I belive that I read somewhere that Johnathan's phone was only working with wifi because his service had been cut off.