10ofRods
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IIRC she gave them permission to search.
I would think if they did have suspicion there was something not adding up on 1/27 it was that LS was downplaying the severity of the fight she and Gannon had before he took off.
MOO they did a thorough search, including opening all doors of all vehicles and looking inside and bending down to see under the vehicle and through the footwells and they still might have missed the suitcase in the Tiguan.
A YTer talked about the space in the third seat footwell, and so after watching commercial video reviews for the 7 seat Tiguan it is easy to see that the third row footwell space can have a gap space with the seat row down and the hatch floor cover positioned forward.
MOO however if the suitcase was seen officers anywhere vehicle or house they would naturally think, "was this kid packed up and he didn't take it?" and want to look in it. Though possibly LS could have been present during the search and casually explain the suitcase was for a trip blah blah.
IMO there is a possibility of LS using temporary place to put Gannon on 1/27 for the night away from the home probably before HH returned with LaiS at 5:34pm but at least before the call to the 911 at 6:55 p.m.
A 90lb suitcase is not very easy to move over rough ground and probably strains the structure of the case.
If she did use temporary concealment on the evening of 1/27,
MOO she would select a simple place such as pull off that was on the way to the airport.
I think there's no way they opened vehicles without a warrant. I sure hope not. It's not in the AA and I believe the AA would have mentioned it. IMO.
I also don't think Gannon weighed 90 pounds (plus clothing plus weight of suitcase).
I don't think it's natural to think an 11 year old kid would pack a full sized suitcase at all. Kids, when they do run away, typically take a backpack, IME. They are upset at the time. Gannon is said not to have taken his backpack (by Letecia, so who knows for sure - but I bet his backpack was still in his room).
Your guess about temporary placement is a good one, although so far, LE hasn't suggested such a location - instead, they seem to have evidence from northern CoS, the very places that LS was exploring on that Monday.
It's so weird that she spent 4 hours scouting either a place to murder Gannon or to hide his body. Right now, we only have guesses as to what she was up to. I think she did plan to murder Gannon outside of the house, attempting to make it look like he ran away, got abducted and then was murdered. She went to GoG the day before, realized that was way too crowded. Next day went to Palmer Lake, not realizing it too is not remote. She couldn't find a remote place where she could take Gannon out of the car and march him off into the woods or into ravines - without being seen.