I also find this odd. Here are some things that might be accomplished by his physical presence in the reserve:
For LE:
For CL:
- His absence elsewhere
- A chance to talk with him separately, away from his wife. (Did his lawyer accompany him to the reserve?)
- A chance to view his reactions
- An opportunity to say that they are doing everything they can to search for BL in the reserve.
JMO
- An opportunity to look for BL
- An opportunity to show that he's looking for BL, whatever he may know about BL's actual whereabouts, thus gaining public sympathy
- Possibly a distraction from something going on at the house or elsewhere.
Question about attorney accompanying CL BBM - I wondered this same thing. CL left his home in his truck alone and returned in his truck alone. There's been no mention of SB escorting him to the reserve. What attorney sends their client off with ALL of the agencies that have been trying to question them with NO REPRESENTATION?
Attorney input - could there have been an agreement made prior to CL's joining the search that said any statements made unrelated to identifying trails, markers, etc., could not be used later? To me, that seems highly unlikely.