Scott Peterson never had a legit alibi and he's on death row in California. I don't really call what Steven has claimed as his alibi an 'alibi.' It's just a story. An alibi is when you have something solid showing you were somewhere at a particular time on a particular day. Scott Peterson's alleged alibi actually turned into circumstantial evidence against him because he had been there in the Bay and it turned out to be a crime scene. Dumb move on his part.
I don't think she ever left Haiku. Call it a gut feeling. What happened in the Laci Peterson case? Scott Peterson killed Laci in their house then put her body in his boat and dumped her in the bay attached to anchors. I think a lot of people are comparing Charli's case with the Peterson case because there are similarities. So run with it. Maybe Steven was researching the Peterson case as well. MOO. Maybe the reason the times (when he called Charli, when she picked him up, when they got to Keanae, how long it took to fix the truck, when they left, when he got back) are specific is because Scott got tripped up by that. Who could forget 8:00, 8:30, 9:30... Of course that looks contrived too, but easy to remember, less hard to slip up.
Obviously if Steven murdered her, he had to leave Haiku at some point to ditch evidence. But that's really not that hard to do. The only thing that is difficult to understand is the torching of the 4Runner.
Steven knew Haiku. He lives there. He probably knew it would be harder to search private property than public, so it would make sense for him to rid himself of her body there. I do think he knows something of the law, too. MOO
Possible scenario: Charli pulls up at Steven's house, leaves Nala in the car and goes to get Steven. Once inside, Steven, who has planned this, murders her. He does whatever he needs to do to 'clean up' the scene, puts her body in his truck, leaves Charli's truck with Nala inside where it is, goes and dumps her body or buries it nearby, then comes back, cleans truck. Then he takes Charli's 4Runner with Nala inside and goes for a ride with the rest of the evidence, drops Nala, scatters the rest of the evidence, goes to Peahi/Jaws, sprays a white AV on the front and/or side window(s) and leaves the vehicle there. Maybe calls someone (from a payphone or phone that can't be tracked) he knows of who parts out trucks, "Hey, I just seen one 4 Runner at Peahi, go get em before it's gone, brah. Bettah you burn it aftah." Then he goes home, commits the timeline to memory.... MHO
The police need to get inside his house.
* AV stands for abandoned vehicle, a lot of cars that break down on the side of the road that aren't immediately towed away are tagged with a white AV on the windshield or back window by the police. Also, on the Big Island, if you break down in a country or rural area, such as South Kona, you may just kiss your car goodbye if you don't get it out of there right away. Plenty of cars break down and within a day have broken windshields, stolen or slashed tires etc. I've seen a burnt car but not for a long time. It used to be way worse here.
