I say it was a homicide.
Last seen at noon on Saturday. She FaceTimed with her grand kids late that morning and showed them what she was bringing to them. Her husband was refereeing in Milwaukee that day.
She didn't have to be at the game, one and a half hours away until 4:30 pm. She seems to have allowed four and a half hours of travel time. She was to meet her family at the game.
Her usual travel route was down Interstate 94. She used a GPS. She didn't particularly like to drive alone but she had made the trip many, many times.
Her car was found at 10 pm that same night in a private driveway, aflame, with her in the passenger side. She and everything in the car ( as far as we know) were incinerated. This driveway was about 10 to 12 miles from her destination.
This private driveway was across the busy intersection of Stearns School Rd. and Rt. 41. Behind this property is a County Forest Preserve.
I believe she built some time into her travel that Saturday afternoon to stop at Gurnee Mills Mall. It is directly off the Interstate 94. She may have planned to do additional shopping for future gifts for family and friends for BDs and Easter and because this was a convenient opportunity to stop there, she did.
I believe she was abducted in the parking lot, put in the passenger side seat, driven out the back way from the mall parking lot, down Stearns School Rd. to intersection with Rt. 41, across the intersection because the driver thought the driveway was an entrance to the county forest.
I believe she was killed and the car set afire to hide evidence of murder. Also, anything in the car was destroyed. And, to this date he has been successful ![/Q
First, why would she have been abducted? Children? Money? And, not only abducted, but her abductor was so incredibly confident that he just put her in the front seat. Okay... But then this very smart and sophisticated and confident criminal didn't have directions into the forest preserve, ad wound up on someone's driveway. But instead of turning around and going someplace more remote, he just killed her there and then set the car on fire??? Holy cow that's quite a theory.