This whole scenario is confusing. She appeared to be moving good distances. from the Irish Pub, all the way down Preston to the Downtown Mall and now to the back of the "mall" to Water Street. Walter Street runs back into West Main Street that GOES RIGHT TO 14th and Wertland in aabout a mile...so is it still possible she went back WEST at the Water Street garage and at 1:20 am DID ACTUALLY text her friend correctly at 14th and Wertland that she was lost there? This would be the typical going around in circles scenario that you hear about (and to which one time I was drunk, I did for over an hour...walking probably 3 miles in an hour... only to accidentally end up about where I started).
Yes...it is possible. I made a map. It is crazy, irrational and unlikely, but this whole thing is strange, so why not. From Water St. to Wertland, it says it would take 26 minutes to walk. That is at an average pace, with average length of legs. She could have done it.... The witness had her turning from Market onto the Mall at Fellinis. Then she could have potentially continued to the garage (which would have been closed, or almost closed at that point. Maybe she was rushing to meet someone before it closed....) Realized, she missed them or couldn't get to the car she needed to get to and made her way back to Grounds. Physically possible.