Then you have the additional oddities that she was so close to retirement, and also went on the run with him.
It is possible she just told people she wanted to retire to the beach when people asked her about her plans after selling her house. She might actually have no interest in living in Florida .
I know we've all been referencing these issues since the beginning, but now I'm thinking these were possibly false flags, meant to lead astray.
She did in fact put in for her retirement, but I think now it's not that she was retiring and then did this unbelievable, stunning thing which completely annihilated an enjoyable retirement. I think she was going to do this unbelievable thing and THEREFORE put in for her retirement, so she could hightail it out of there. Cart before the horse kind of thing.
As to the beaches, well I love a beach and everyone who knows me knows that. If I were going to abscond with a murderer, though, I would not leave clues as to where I'd dreamily like to spend my future. I would start talking about how much I would love to spend retirement in a certain environment and then go somewhere completely different.
She certainly seems to have been planning this for quite awhile. She's much craftier than I thought when we first heard the news. Not smart, because it won't end well, but certainly tried to get her ducks in a row.
And since she was reported to have withdrawn $90K from various banks, PLUS the $95K from the house, they can hide out for a long, long time.
Jmo
ETA: I'm confused about whether Vicky was just still amicable with her ex-husband or actually still lived with him. I've read both.
I'd first thought she divorced him due to drugs. Maybe, though, IF she still lived with him, she divorced him just to separate their assets. Drug users run through all the money and she could've lost her house car, etc. if they were still legally married. Just speculating.