The police also confirmed that she was on her way to pick him up in the Imperial Valley. They have not released the pick up location (if known). I don't think it's that far-fetched for her to have been jacked if she stopped for fuel or something on her way to pick him up & then she was kept by that person or persons & she may have told them where she was going & why. Ive never had a gun to my head, but it's possible I might say I was meeting up with a boyfriend hoping they would realize someone was expecting me to show up & then they took him too & robbed them & kept the car & dumped it in Beaumont.
Or they could have been jacked after stopping somewhere together.
The other scenario would be the "friends" who were giving him a ride. Although they may have come forward by now (but they had not as of a week into the investigation, which was 3 days ago).
I am wanting to know if her "fueled" car was full or near empty considering her cell phone's 3-4 hour window, which might lead to a surveillance video from a gas station.
We do know her phone never registered use or pings beyond the Eastern Coachella Valley & a person driving to the Banning/Beaumont area must pass through the Western Coachella valley, so whatever happened probably happened in the East Valley or Imperial Valley & her phone was probably thrown away. His too, since I believe it's common knowledge that a cell phone can be tracked even if not in use as long as a cell tower is within range. I also think if his cell phone was used or pinged in the Coachella valley, the police would have released that info.
So, unless they vanished on purpose (which is unlikely) they were either in that car with a gun to their heads when it was dumped, or they were harmed somewhere between Thermal/Mecca & perhaps as far away as Desert Shores. I think the forensics inside that car may tell the police a lot about the case. If no one else was in that car, then they got out of it in Beaumont on purpose because nothing was wrong with it. (Of course this is all based on my theories of what could have happened).
I also think if the "friends" who gave him the ride from Brawley wanted to harm him, then why would they wait until she showed up, unless she was bringing him something that they wanted. If so, well they would have done the deed near to where she picked him up & then taken her car. They had a car too, because they were giving him a ride. So both cars could have gone on into the Coachella Valley & then hers was dumped on the freeway.
Those are are the scenarios I have been able to come up with so far.
