No matter how this all shakes out, whether there’s a conviction or not ..
Libby will - for all time - be remembered for her forethought and bravery to record BG.
Agreed.
And why did she record him?
The other grouping of juveniles found him to be... weird (my word)... for how he acted/ didn't interact.
I'm convinced that he did cross paths with A and L, possibly just before they reached the bridge. They're heading toward the bridge, he'd ostensibly be heading away from it. He can estimate how long it'll take them to cross ... maybe he passed them head down, no greeting. Again, weird. Only to reappear as they neared the end of the bridge...
I absolutely believe he had a phone with him, just not his phone. I can see the likes of KAK supplying his phone, with an app tracker, in exchange for first hand CSAM. I think RA knew exactly where the girls were, on that trail, and I don't think he ever saw the lady witness. I think he felt he had time and space to march the girls to a secluded location.
So IMO he passed them and double-back, after giving them enough time to near the end, or he completed the bridge ahead of them, waiting until they were nearly to the end, came from the back end, passed them on the bridge, and then turned again, corraling them.
It's this second scenario which IMO best accounts for the photo of A with no BG in the distance. He would have been in front of them, waiting for them, and might also account for L's decision to record. Either way, he passed by once before the GDTH.
I think KAK was involved but never expected murder. I think he thought he was going to get CSAM loaded directly into his phone.
Who else had access to his phone? If he left it at a gas station for someone else to take it...
He's not going anywhere, no need to charge him right now for any role he may have played in setting up for the crime that unfolded...
I just happen to think he took his virtual perversion and tried to go real time, with deadly results for two young girls who had no idea such evil existed.
JMO