Whenever I think about DW's fishy story I cannot help but think he's complicit in her disappearance...
& then....I try to implicate his part in her disappearance - and it's not all that difficult but it starts to be...convoluted versus a nice simple occam's razor kinda thing
Occam's razor would be his car the third one....he has an accomplice, DNV is (or has been) incapacitated...GPS disabled....one perpetrator drives her car to unknown location, DW goes back for phone & more or less sets up his alibi, timeline, makes appearance at Ollies etc.
OR: DW is fibbing, not because he has anything to do with her disappearance, but that he doesn't want his wife to know he's been out, not just drinking with the other male marrieds with kids...but a young single cute gal - and there's some flirtation (at least) going on there...let's assume he drives out of Shell assuming she followed....
who is third car?
* some previous jealous boyfriend or other person who is ill disposed to her...they see her at Dublin's whooping it up and drinking with a bunch of other guys...follows her, takes their opportunity when DW pulls out of Shell...
* Someone she does not know who has been following/stalking her - again, takes their opportunity
*Criminals/predators taking advantage of a gal, a bit tipsy and worse for wear, on her own and in the wrong place/wrong time....car jack, kidnap, god knows what else
Back to DW - we are to assume he was spying at Dublin's to see what her phone passcode was? Skeezy...
Why did he not go back to Shell - DNV never appears....he has her phone, what happened to her? Instead he goes to Ollies (why not text friends there & ask if she is there?).... Why not leave phone at Dublins and let friends at Ollie's know - if she shows up, that's where her phone is...?
We do know that it was important enough to DW to drive back upwards of 25 minutes to look for some gal's phone....and to hold onto it....
Unfortunately, he may not have gone back to Shell because he knew very well she wasn't there anymore....went to Ollies to make an appearance versus staying at Dublins, or leaving phone there, because he knew she'd never show up....
He never did drop phone off at her work because he had a good idea that she'd never show up for that shift.....
When I first heard she had to go back for phone, assumed it was left inside Dublins....leaving a phone in a parking lot suggests someone who is definitely not quite with it...very distracted..maybe she dropped her purse? or fell?
If DW is involved in her disappearance - he clearly has accomplices.......question is, what went wrong that night?
Was she targeted? Was it planned to meet at Shell to disable GPS and take her somewhere?
Did DW go back for phone then get 'cold feet' about it?
Or simply DW & DNV out to party more - get separated after Shell station & she's in wrong place/wrong time?
I keep coming back to a simple point: something has happened that necessitates a stop at that Shell station (whether planned from get go, or to decide who goes back for phone), her phone is important enough to DW (& accomplices) go back for it, and disable her GPS and take her away...and whomever did all this: they are all mum on the subject...
I don't think DW was just helping or knight in shining armor - he had a motive to get that phone......
That GPS was disabled so no one could know where she went....someone drove her car from that Shell lot (not convinced it was her).....
I can only imagine that LE has information they are sitting on for good reasons.....I am sure hoping that only a piece or two needs to fit for the puzzle to come together....