I’ve read almost every thread and spent hours a day looking at every news feed (yes very bored at work) Even though this is my first post on the website I have been a quiet sleuther for a while, so please keep an open mind and let me know what you think so I can improve.
There is one factor in my opinion that holds the most (ah ha) value which is the dogs being found in the basement. This means MT was either fully gone from the house or someone that the dogs didn’t know but she knew came to the house and they barked at them so she put them in the basement and invited them in or just talked to them at the front door. Many SM pics show the dogs roaming freely in the house even laying on the furniture and the BF also verified the same thing and that the dogs would have slept with in the bed with her.
Scenario #1 (what I consider the most likely). MT returned to her boyfriends house from her run that started around 7:30. She let the dogs out of the basement, etc. She remembered she had an assignment due or test the next day for school at the last minute or she procrastinated (I mean it is summer who wants to do school work). She lost track of time and because of this never changed out of her running clothes. She realized how late it was and that she needed to get to her mom’s to get the car and eat. She put the dogs back in the basement. Since it was dark out she put on a shirt over her pink sports bra she had worn earlier (red daycare shirt...yes I know she had two already over at her moms....maybe she couldn’t remember if they were over there for sure...her mom did say she could have a third shirt) and headed out walking/jogging to her moms with the intention of staying overnight there and coming back with the car in the morning to let the dogs out. She never made it to her moms I think because of a crime of opportunity even though it is rare. Also fitbits need to be charged once a day. I think her Fitbit ran out of battery while she was still wearing it at the last ping that went out (pig farm?) after she had already been abducted. Still wondering about the cell phone though. It would be interesting to see if cell phone data and Fitbit were different because of one of them running out of battery way before the other one.
Why this scenario you say....
-explains missing running gear, Fitbit, armband, etc
-explains red t-shirt found
-explains why some neighbor(s) (told by LE) and dad say they think MT made it back home.
-explains the dogs being in basement.
-explains lack of crime scene at house.
-explains why she didn’t text her mom saying she wasn’t coming over for brats since she was on her way.
Scenario #2 (starts out the same as #1)
MT returned to her boyfriends house from her run that started around 7:30. She let the dogs out, etc. She remembered she had an assignment due the next day for school at the last minute or she procrastinated (I mean it is summer who wants to do school work). She lost track of time because of this never changed out of her running clothes (I used to be an avid runner and if I wasn’t too sweaty I didn’t change out of running clothes right away). Someone calls her that she knows or she is talking to someone online and she invites them over to the BF’s house. She puts the dogs in the basement since they don’t know he/she. MT and unknown person go out to hang out, drink, star gaze, etc. Things go very wrong from there.
-problems with this scenario. I think she would have changed out of running clothes if she voluntarily left the house with someone. Especially not had the running iPhone armband which is one of the confirmed missing items.
-doesn’t explain why she wouldn’t text her mom say she wasn’t coming over for brats after all and that she was going to get the car in the morning.
What do you all think?
Where's Tricia? lol