I'm with you. I've been back and forth about the vehicle in the CPS lot, but since the clarification that LE is looking for someone who could identify the vehicles parked in the lot that day, and that it's linked to why they think he's local and got around quickly, I keep leaning towards the vehicle being related to BG. Funny, though, it hasn't been mentioned since...unless they don't put much emphasis on it anymore because what's the likelihood anyone would remember now.Thinking about witnesses the afternoon of 13 February. The family (Mike Patty?) didn't notify LE till sometime between 5:00 and 5:30 PM. LE shows up sometime between 5:30 and 6:00 PM, maybe later. Any witnesses that left the trail before then would likely only be known to LE if such person or persons voluntarily came forward. So we have a section of time between 1 PM and 3 PM when potential witnesses would be on the trail and none of the family members or LE would be aware of them. Then it is up to family members to remember potential witnesses until LE shows up. Sunset was approximately 6:20 that day so most everyone is leaving or left by the time LE first arrives. To add to this, LE doesn't necessarily suspect criminal activity? Just 2 missing girls. In that case, how focused are they in identifying persons as killers or witnesses of the killer(s) on the trails?
I'm wondering how comprehensive a list LE really has with all these facts. Any male out on the trail that afternoon is not just a potential witness, but a potential suspect as well. Anyone, male or female who is a habitual offender or has outstanding warrants against them is going to be less likely to walk into the sheriff's office. The voluntary witnesses are, of course, a source of who else was on the trail. If they knew those individuals. My knee jerk reaction is to assume the vehicle parked at the CPS building is that of the killer. It could be no one was seen around the vehicle - it was simply there around noon-1:00 and gone sometime before LE showed up. Just simply unaccounted for and thus an unaccounted for witness. Or witnesses. In this case the occupant or occupants might even be females.
I would hope any such unaccounted for witnesses have at least tried to make an anonymous tip.
Also, even right from the beginning LE was asking about vehicles parked from 1 - 5pm at the High Bridge Trail Head parking, which I'm not sure if that's the spot the girls were dropped off at, or the main trail head. Most likely to find possible witnesses? Maybe the 1 - 5pm timeframe is standard to cover everything before and after the crime? IDK.