Hi and welcome! My signature case, Stephanie Warner has been presumed murdered for over five years now in
Southern Oregon. Her body was well-hidden by the suspect, her boyfriend Lenny (Lonnie) Ames. He points his finger at her ex boyfriend. There is not enough evidence to charge him and win the case, but what evidence there is points to him. If you get a chance, please see if anything new jumps out at you. Thanks!
PM me the details about him and the case, I looked at the threads but one of them is restricted.
He probably knew she was into hiking, if she posted her trip on instagram, he could've easily got the location from the pictures. Also, if she was there before with him, he knew where to find her.
I am no aware if her body was found so I will assume it wasn't. With this in mind, if he managed to make the body "vanish" he probably is a hunter by hobby, hence his ability to probably chop and process a corpse (a common way of disposing of bodies). As her creaming would not help him if he attacked her, he probably shot her from a distance. The police should search his house for guns, maybe a rifle.
Did they find any of her things? (I will assume not)
If no, it means the killer, had a car, took all her things, including clothes, hell, maybe even the body, it depends.
But the police should be able to get a warrant for searching his house by saying he is a suspect in the on going investigation due to him having a motive (being her ex and all).
(I wrote this using what I found in a thread and what you told me here)