Agree she thought Cesar was bad news. Link here somewhere of warrant showed details of last conversation with her mom/step-mom. Seems mom/step-mom felt something was not right. Maria indicated to her that her carrer was threatened. Same warrant also indicates that USMC investigators had said she was under some stress and might face dismissal. Looks like a bunch of folks in sheriff's office, NCIS, Maria's chain of command just plain botched this by not communicating and not assuming the worst from the start of both the rape investigation and the missing person investigation.
OK here's a possible scenario... She went to L's or was taken there, but likely went there, perhaps to tell him she was going to drop the charges (was this the "plan"?). Perhaps she was there in early afternoon. How did she know he was not at the party? - perhaps they made arragments to meet during the party. Maybe she was going to leave but mom/stepmom peaved her and botched the "plan" in their 230pm phone call. Maybe mom/setpmom's talk that she could not take care of the baby and should put it up for adoption made her suddenly realize she could not reasonably leave the USMC medical care until at least after the birth. She then returns to Cesar's and ends-up somehow in the garage - perhaps he was working in the garage - painting? :-(.
The above does not account for the bus ticket at 5pm - could have been done by Xstina or maybe less likely by Maria. If done by Xstina, then she almost certainly had to be there during or shortly after the murder as one would think that dressing as pregnant mom to buy a bus tic would be secondary to the cleanup and burial. Though if she was killed close to 230pm, there is 2.5 hrs to get a plan together, begin cleanup, and get to the bus station. Assume they have accurate proof of 5pm time (receipt, sales record, etc).
They say they have video of Maria withdrawing $ from the ATM on the 14th - does anyone know approx time and location? This could be the deciding factor as to whether it was she who bought the bus tic.
BTW, is it just me or does it seem that the sheriff kind of disappeared from public shortly after it was obvious that CL got away.
OK here's a possible scenario... She went to L's or was taken there, but likely went there, perhaps to tell him she was going to drop the charges (was this the "plan"?). Perhaps she was there in early afternoon. How did she know he was not at the party? - perhaps they made arragments to meet during the party. Maybe she was going to leave but mom/stepmom peaved her and botched the "plan" in their 230pm phone call. Maybe mom/setpmom's talk that she could not take care of the baby and should put it up for adoption made her suddenly realize she could not reasonably leave the USMC medical care until at least after the birth. She then returns to Cesar's and ends-up somehow in the garage - perhaps he was working in the garage - painting? :-(.
The above does not account for the bus ticket at 5pm - could have been done by Xstina or maybe less likely by Maria. If done by Xstina, then she almost certainly had to be there during or shortly after the murder as one would think that dressing as pregnant mom to buy a bus tic would be secondary to the cleanup and burial. Though if she was killed close to 230pm, there is 2.5 hrs to get a plan together, begin cleanup, and get to the bus station. Assume they have accurate proof of 5pm time (receipt, sales record, etc).
They say they have video of Maria withdrawing $ from the ATM on the 14th - does anyone know approx time and location? This could be the deciding factor as to whether it was she who bought the bus tic.
BTW, is it just me or does it seem that the sheriff kind of disappeared from public shortly after it was obvious that CL got away.
