I agree with your theory. Kept. Why return unless aunt insisted. She has a car in another persons name.....
If she has moved the body/evidence in this car. I don't think she would want it returned in Colorado Springs.
I am sure other rental cars/vehicles will come into play as well.
The vehicle movements in this case are extremely hard to keep straight, simply because there are so many of them coming and going within the time frame of his disappearance.
I'm hoping that someone who's really good with logistics here will take a stab at developing a vehicle timeline with accompanying map showing all of the different vehicles, including all rentals, AS's truck, TS's Tiguan, HH's car, etc. and their known movements on different dates as noted in the AA.
I'm sure that all of these different vehicles moving all over the place is part of what LE meant when they described this case as being a very complicated puzzle.
A major goal of TS's endless string of lies and deceptive actions is to create as much chaos and confusion as possible around whatever truth she's trying to conceal.
It's like when you get a ball of string that's all knotted up that you can't untangle, so you lose patience, throw up your hands and toss it down.
I think TS uses this exact strategy to wear down her opponents. It's a battle of attrition.
From probably a young age, people around her have likely made a habit of choosing the path of least resistance when it comes to her unending string of obvious lies.
It's easier to just cave and say, "Whatever, T" than it is to challenge or confront her about her fabrications.
She's not one who responds to correction or confrontation well.
Obviously.
TS has no doubt learned that projectile word vomiting is an effective way for her to win battles.
TS was counting on that strategy working for her with LE.
She miscalculated.
She didn't realize that LE was willing to expend as much time and patience as was necessary to untangle all those absurd, convoluted lies until they had unravelled the truth of what happened to Gannon.
JMO.