There were theories tossed around that maybe a passerby propped up the bike after finding it abandoned.
What do you mean about the article being ahead of her, and not behind? I understand that the article was found closer to her home than the bike. So either something that she dropped earlier in the ride, or the abductor took her back in the direction of the home and it got dropped somehow.
More likely to me, there was no bike ride that day.
MOO
I don’t think SM rode her bike on Mother’s Day, either, I think the bike was staged, thrown off the road along Puma Path or County Road 225.
Then, the articles found were west of the County Road 225 and Hwy 50, so they were further away from the house. But all locations are close to the Morphew house, well within walking distance.
The South Arkansas River, which runs by Hwy 50 and the Morphew house, is more a creek, rocky and shallow. I cannot imagine a body traveling down that waterway the 12-15 miles to Salida and the Arkansas River, let alone anywhere beyond. The South Arkansas also flows into a pond close to Maysville, downstream from the Morphew house, that looks like an old hydroelectric plant maybe.
I’m probably in the minority, but I’ve wondered if the nephew telling people to ask about the condition of the bike is because the wheel was locked by the little gizmo that keeps a bike wheel from spinning during transit when it is on a car or truck bike rack. Which means the bike couldn’t have been ridden to where it was found.
(The bike! The bike! It gives me heartburn.)
His Find SM Facebook went silent soon after, and I’ve wondered if he was starting to suspect BM for SM’s disappearance.
Which might also explain the addition of BM and his mother to the g f m account. Could the nephew have been trying to distance himself from BM?
Lots of thoughts spinning in my brain since the discovery of the kids JJ and Tyler in the Vallow/Daybell case. Which, incidentally, came 9+ months after they were last seen.
So, I think LE are just getting started in their search for SM.
Just my suppositions and opinions. Thank you all for being here for SM, whether we agree or not on who might be responsible.