What if she went out the gate with something bloody ? Otherwise I'm trying to figure out why as well.I'm stuck on the gate detail. Why did she feel a need to mention it at all? And is the key just a wild card thrown in?
If he was cut on Sat., a small cut that didn't prevent activity such as hiking, and he left by the gate on Monday, he certainly should not have been leaving a trail of blood at all by then. Kwim?
We don't know that anything was found on or by the gate, but I say again, why the need to mention it?
JMO