I'm gonna throw this out here because it's something I've thought about a bit over the years.
Search teams (LE included, i'm sure) really hammered away at both directions of highway 8 & highway 108 leading out of town (all the way to highway 101)
One area that just didn't have the equal search power is Mox Chehalis, generally speaking.
Minus 1-2 public entries to capitol forest much of the east side of Mox Chehalis is privately owned (often open land, but included gated cap. forest access roads) - it was truly inaccessible nearly all the way down to Malone. (minus behind it, capitol forest itself)
The west side of Mox was less of a concern partially because of elevation/terrain. It's not near as inhabited as the east side.
Mox Chehalis is a really long road.
Next would be highway 12, both directions coming out of Malone. This is really an area that just didn't get enough attention.
In the beginning, the Klaas team/Brad did actually focus on some areas on highway 12. There was just so much to comb over closer to town that the later search teams just didn't have the time/power to branch out to these areas as hard.
Both directions of highway 12 need to be looked at. If a team was to be assembled today i'd strongly suggest the lower 1/2 of Mox Chehalis & both directions of 12.
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