So.....the first night he came and picked up PK, after unloading the groceries. Was JY home then?
mostly because he needed to pick up his wife and kids from her parents' new place in Stockton early afternoon and Mt. Um was too far for that
-- 3rd paragraph under photo of Friday's pit stop for drinking a beer Chris Thoburn 7/23 AMA Q&A Responses
This is going to be only my opinion based upon different items gleaned from posts, news clips, the AMA and possibilities swirling round in my head. My apologies , in advance, for the lengthy post. Scroll and roll, as we have a tendency to say.
Humbly, I assert that KPs InLaws moved out of his home so very recently that PK was speaking in the texts about renovating the unit his InLaws formerly occupied. They've moved into their own place in Stockton. It is the reason JY and their two babies were with her parents in Stockton.
Having a night plus a Saturday morning free without being surrounded by family was not something PK was accustomed to enjoying. He elected to run with CT and another fellow runner on Friday evening. All went well.
Next morning, PK sleeps late probably for the first time in years. Then, Philip shows up at 9am
[can't find MSM link for this ->>returnable] with a package at UPS. By 11am, on Saturday morning, he begins the journey at Pleasanton Ridge trailhead and later his scent is detected by K9s around the trailhead but no further.
July 26.2021 Kreycik, through CCTV at a UPS store, was spotted entering and leaving the lot. The same was also seen through the traffic cameras and the car’s FastTrak. Thoburn said the deployed scent dogs were only able to trace the missing runner from his car towards the trailhead.
https://sftimes.com/looking-for-something-hard-to-find-friend-speaks-out-on-mystifying-disappearance-of-runner-philip-kreycik/
PK was supposed to meet his family to take them home in Berkley. Therefore, after his run, he'd drive 45 min into Stockton by 12:35. Only Philip Kreycik never arrived. Nobody knows the reason. JY files a Missing Person Report at 2:00pm.
How did Philip, who likely has planned every step, every move of his life; neatly planned and completed by checking the boxes: education, job, career, marriage, and children. He's planned for well over a decade for success, to fulfill the American Dream only to manage to get lost while out for a short run surrounded by
canyons ravines? Nonsense. Didn't happen unless I see the photos.
I cannot reconcile a heat related incident. Berkley neighbors the location of the run so unless PK lived with his head in the sand, it would be common knowledge for locals to know the further from the coastline, the warmer the temperatures.
June 16, 2021, 11:42 a.m.
Temperatures could reach 90s in Berkeley Hills during Bay Area heatwave
Berkeley’s unique positioning between the San Francisco Bay waters and the East Bay foothills means it will get cooler temperatures. Areas in the Berkeley Hills could see highs in the low 90s on Thursday, while the Berkeley flats and West Berkeley will likely stay closer to the 80s.
PK was aware of the heat being in triple digits. Two days before Philip disappears, this happens in Southern CA:
Heat wave prompts California to issue flex alert to conserve power
Thursday, JULY 8, 2021 5:34 PM PT
The California Independent System Operator, which runs the electric grid for most of California, has issued a new flex alert for Friday, asking
residents to conserve electricity as a heat wave sweeps the state...
...
excessive heat warnings across portions of
Southern California,....
Saturday will likely be the warmest day overall, forecasters said." That would be
Saturday, July 10, 2021. Yes, I'm aware of the 700m+ spatial distance. The point is that Philip was aware of his surroundings. His job placed him inside the electric power grid at PG&E.
In conclusion, Philip Kreycik was aware of the intense heat wave that would have bearing on any run at Pleasanton Ridge. PK was not suicidal. He would not risk running during a heat wave when he could have easily run from his home in Berkeley and avoided the hot temperatures. Philip Kreycik chose not to run where it was cooler. I don't think Philip intended to go running that morning.
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