A few of us went to Paraquats today. Here's our pics.
Some info on the terrain as of today. It is extremely rocky walking the trail towards the ocean. The dirt and gravel path from the highway is muddy and your feet sink quickly if you stand too long in one place. To the left and right of the trail is thick vegetation, the entire way down to the ocean. The dirt and gravel path turns into a treacherous trail with sharp and jagged rocks, at the landmarked "refrigerator". It's clear that the sharp boulders are from the recent rains and landslides on September 12. Despite this, we did continue to the ocean and found recent tire tracks in the mud. It would take a heavy duty 4wd with monster truck tires to navigate that path, that's for sure.
Before you reach the ocean, the trees clear and you're in a small, green and grassy meadow. The grasses are 5-7ft high easily. Looking down at your own feet is tough to do. The shoreline is littered with rolled stones of all sizes. It was dangerous and difficult to walk on the rocks because they are like marbles, rolling around under your feet.
The stream has a shallow, clear pool that lets out into the rocky shoreline. Today the water was moving pretty good. The waves crashing onto the shore are large and it would be impossible to launch a boat from there at any time. No body could have been deposited in that stream for disposal. The rocks are too large. However the vegetation growing up the cliff walls is thick with trees and bushes. A body rolled off of the side from the highway might stay lodged sometime before being discovered.
After being down there in person, I honestly believe SC left that CD as a marker, like Pua said. You need something! I also now think Charli was dismembered for ease of transport. It is too hard to walk something heavy down there. The rocks prevented sure footing. One of us ventured down the crime scene path and instantly got lost! Despite being 6 ft tall, we could not see his head among the vegetation and grasses. Dragging a body bound in a blanket would have left a trail. If he carried her, it was on his shoulder and his weapon was his belt knife. You definitely needed to be hands free to grab onto trees and rocks.
I think SC chose the final crime scene location because Charli's truck couldn't travel any further down the gravel path. A truck would mire down if you weren't careful. He totally planned her murder. Picking Paraquats was not random.
We spent some time at the reflective pool, thinking of Charli, missing her, reminding Baby J that he's loved and missed. It's a beautiful spot marred by an evil crime.
Almost forgot to add that when we first started on the dirt and gravel path, an abandoned boat was on fire! The boat was full of dirty rain water so the fire was easy to extinguish but still! It definitely put me on alert.
