IMOO and theory only based on the AMPM video im still stuck on.
At the beginning of this case I thought Adrienne was a victim of someone she was acquainted with.
BUT now after so much time has gone by I am thinking Stranger Abduction and Abduction by Force (and maybe even failed robbery attempt as A had no money on her.)
I think that Adrienne could have been assaulted on her walk to the AMPM.
Maybe someone driving a car with a gun, along with a larger male friend, wanted to rob a defenseless young woman at 5am.
I think suspect 1 and his accomplice forced her in the trunk of their car at gunpoint. She fought, but the accomplice was just too big.
She had no cash on her. Nothing they could benefit from monetarily, which threw them off with their plans to procure some drugs.
So they needed to go over to an AMPM to try and knock it off and get the cash for their fix that way.
They decided to keep her in the trunk during the ampm robbery attempt. They still Needed money bc Adrienne did not provide this financial source. She told them she had no money during the robbery and they found nothing in her overnight bag.
they park the car at the ampm and suspect 1 exits the driver seat of the car with a box containing the gun.
He sets the box on the news stands outside of the AMPM in order to case the inside - to check the general surveillance of the store.
He steps back outside to case and see when the perfect time to grab the gun/box would be and head on in. He looks straight at a security camera at one point while assessing the CCTV cam positions.
He also must make sure his accomplice can see his signal to begin getting ready for the getaway.
But he gets sidetracked and blocked by patrons entering/exiting the store.
He especially gets sidetracked when he sees his accomplice get out of the car to check the trunk and make Adrienne hush up. She was beginning to bang and make noise/yell for help.
Then a man walks out of the store, a big man, right in between the suspect and the gun/box he was attempting to grab and utilize for the robbery.
"It's too busy outside to rob" suspect 1 thought.
"why is that cab driver parked outside and looking around? Was the girl I just abducted his fare? I'm sketched!" he also thought.
He checks the inside. He notices its too busy/risky to rob inside as well. The place was too risky in general with all of those people around, especially with A in the trunk.
Suspect 1 grabs the box containing the robbery weapon from the new stands. He gets back in the car, this time as a passenger. They drive away from the AMPM.
They wait until the reports of Salinas Disappearance become public to murder her - fear of incarceration for abduction charges. They were in too deep. They had already used her and abused her after holding her captive for a few days. They saw in reports her family could not afford to pay any sort of hefty ransom for her - to these sickos she became worth more to them deceased and missing than she was alive and found.
Moo again.
I found it interesting that they called in US Marshalls to help with a suspect for domestic issue and assault... there must be more to what that guy did IMO. Also found it interesting that the 2nd shoot out in the same article, the suspect was not named. And did the girls get out of car, or were they removed from the car? Like willing/ wanting to get out and be helped or more like they are part of whatever driver has going on? (Sorry I can read the articles but can't hear the videos, sound not working on my computer) Thinking about that female call to cab driver... Hmmm.....
