Reading this made me think of another possibility, something that can and does happen in cases of DV. What if there was an event at home, huge argument over “something.” SM grabs her car keys in an attempt to leave. BM overpowers her, hurts her and takes away her keys. Angry and afraid, SM finds an opportunity to get out of the house and begins running away from the home. BM discovers she’s left and goes after her with his truck, and he confronts her on the road. A scuffle ensues, something gets dropped, he forces her into the truck or somehow convinces her to get in of her own volition. She’s threatened assault charges against him. Seeing he cannot convince her of his remorse, and thinking she will in fact shame him publicly by having assault charges filed against him, WHAT CAN HE DO to prevent this??
At this point, he either drives her home and kills her, disposes of her and then plants the bike and begins the “bike ride” narrative, OR he takes her somewhere else. Early on in the case, a woman reported seeing someone who she said was yelling she’s being abducted. Why she didn’t report this immediately, is mind boggling. Could it have been BM “abducting” SM taking her to her likely place of death??
In my mind, this scenario would explain a few things. LE’s silence for one, especially regarding the item that was found 500 M from the home.
ALL MOO, JMHT and all that!