Also saw this: Person of interest identified in Lindsey Baum disappearance
Investigators identified a local jewelry store owner Thursday as a person of interest in the June 2009 disappearance of Lindsey Baum - but the store owner himself denies having anything to do with it.
http://komonews.com/news/local/person-of-interest-identified-in-lindsey-baum-disappearance
Jewelry store owner TH isn't even on my radar, I believe he's not good for this case.
Following along the lines of who might be good for this crime...
Regarding DG:
1) A comment attributed to him by his then future-gf, now ex-wife, as noted in the initial DG search warrant: "...(she believed it was Saturday or early Sunday 29/07-2009) Golder told her he could not believe that a girl had been taken and cut up and dismembered."
The "she" and "her" referenced in the search warrant is SC.
2) Apparent involvement in the drug world: it is possible LB came across a drug deal transaction between DG and another person(s), perhaps while sitting in their vehicles and one thing lead to another.
DG might not be directly involved beyond knowing who abducted LB... maybe the other person(s), who maybe lives/d toward Eastern Washington?
I'm stepping outside Occam's Razor principle with that above, but it isn't so far out so as not to be plausible.
Even with all that above, there are elements to this case that might negate those lines of thought:
1) LB and MK reported they were followed by someone driving a white vehicle, make and model unknown in the days / 2 weeks leading up to her then-disappearance, now classified as a kidnapping-homicide.
2) Earlier the day of the event (or very recent to the day) LB told her mother that she felt something bad was about to happen but she could not elaborate. I don't perceive that as a 'psychic' moment (no such a thing!). I perceive it as a child sensed something was wrong based on her recent experiences, both conscious and unconscious, i.e.: the vehicle that followed them, the man who entered a bathroom in which LB had already entered into and who knows what other experiences LB and / or her best friend might have unconsciously experienced in the days or weeks leading up to the kidnapping.
The more I ponder this case, the more I believe it was a planned abduction, not only a crime of opportunity.
The person (I believe it is a lone individual) knew exactly what they wanted to do and where they would to take her. It may have been planned that same day, but that still classifies it as premeditated.
The individual took precaution so as not to stand out in the area. The individual might not be a local, it may have been someone driving through McCleary that day (but not their first trip to / through McCleary) who then witnessed the kids walking through town (to the video store) wearing their bathing suit garb and that triggered their intent. Maybe the perp had followed LB or even MK on other days to determine where they lived. Watched, waited.
What perfect opportunity: the perp witnesses LB and MK walking toward MK's house! The perp would assume that at some point LB would have to walk home... not knowing LB and MK were planning that PB would sleep over. Unfortunately, their sleep over plan would be denied and the waiting perp eventually witnessed LB walking toward her own house.
I don't think the perp is a local because it's such a small town that I do not believe a local would dare such a move involving a relatively-well-known girl although, the perp would have to have known some detail regarding habits and locations of opportunity... an element which points to a local.
IF this was purely a crime of opportunity, with no planning whatsoever it was almost pulled off without a hitch. Now, we have LB's remains and with that, hopefully, we'll also get the perp.