I agree with LE's assessment that the area is so remote, they don't think BT was abducted.
That location where RT said they pulled off to go for a '2 mile walk' is literally in the middle of The Mojave Desert, in a National Park, is not a major road with regular traffic, is many miles from any villages or rest areas or stores or watering holes, and it was in the middle of the day in the middle of July and over 90 degrees. Not a time when a lot of people would be driving through there, and not a place where anyone but this older couple decided to stop.
That's why LE said the location was so remote that they didn't think BT was abducted. Then they interviewed RT and searched for BT for 9 days, and still found no evidence she was abducted.
Here is google driving directions map of approximately where RT said they stopped, from their home in Bullhead City, AZ, where he said they left from that morning. There are no villages or towns or cities anywhere nearby within an hour plus drive, and it is not a major road leading to any major cities or points of interest.
It is remote.
So remote, trained desert SAR officers whose jurisdiction is the desert in this county who search for and rescue people who go missing all the time, said it was the reason why they think she wasn't abducted. I don't doubt their expertise and opinion, and don't see why anyone would under these circumstances. MOO
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