I’m brainstorming... to account for the time gap. After he returned to Waveny and transferred the body into the Tacoma, could he have driven somewhere near/behind the Sturbridge property that is out of sight and through the woods, placed her body wrapped in the mat hidden temporarily in a spot he could have previously prepared until he returned in the middle of the night and hence the metal banging in the wee hours on the 25th and case of poison ivy.
I searched and the directions say 3.5 miles, roughly 12 minutes.
Remember FD asked EE if he saw anything that day. I bet EE was inside the large house installing the door handles and wouldn’t have seen anything. Why else would FD ask him if he saw anything?
So after the odyssey of stupidity and under darkness he could’ve slipped out through the back door and was undetected by the neighbor’s camera and jogged to MS where, after shuttling the cars earlier, left a vehicle there for him to drive to Sturbridge.
Perhaps the time spent at MS earlier was just cleaning the Tacoma.
Thoughts?
Google Maps
I have attached a link from google maps of the houses surrounding 61 Sturbridge which is in the middle of the picture. Based on what I see here I think there are too many homes adjacent to the FD property that would allow him to hide the body outside. Very risky in my opinion. Its densely populated ( based on NC property standards) and it would be unlikely he would take that chance. JMO....