All speculation but I’m still thinking Mollie got into a car BUT WITH SOMEONE SHE DID NOT KNOW.
I think they are spinning their wheels looking at people she knew/trusted. I believe that analyzing her social media is a complete waste of time bc this is no friend & no previous acquaintance.
The “everyone knew her” thing isn’t flying with this crime.
I think this was strictly a CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY- not a stalker or perp who chose Mollie specifically.
The perp was looking for the first vulnerable victim and sadly Mollie was in the WRONG PLACE at the wrong time.
They pulled up in the early morning in the rain when it started pouring to offer a ride & she mistakenly impulsively got in.
THIS HAPPENS.
She was on the way to her mother’s house to pick up her car, realized she forgot to text brother to drop the car the night before & was awoken by early morning rain so she started walking & it started raining HARD. She likely may not have gotten far at all from her boyfriend’s house..... car/truck pulls up and she gets in.
It’s the EXACT SAME MO of a serial rapist turned murderer now on death row in TX. He pulled up in the pouring rain to a bus stop and a lady who was late for work got in when he offered a ride & she was taken to a vacant building and raped. He did this while out on parole between rape convictions.
I think Mollie’s perp is similar type, con artist UNKNOWN TO HER.
THE FBI NEEDS TO LOOK AT EVERYONE LIVING WITHIN @30 MINUTE RADIUS - maybe larger radius- WHO IS A REPEAT RAPIST OUT ON PAROLE.
Quite possibly a recent parolee- 6 months out max?
Regular car/ truck/van - NOT A TRUCKER.
Are any local renters paroled rapists? Are any electric company employees from next door to the bf’s home paroled rapists?
Anyone with a night shift job who got OFF of work right before dawn in this town or general vicinity? Maybe even a security guard?
Maybe ask all townspeople if they had a visiting friend/ cousin during time of Mollie’s disappearance who is on parole for a sex crime.
Also whoever mentioned state fair workers on this thread- that’s clever- check there for parolees.
Not thinking this had anything to do with the big bike race but maybe another event someone was in the area for?
Still maintaining this happened early morning after Mollie woke up and left bf’s house on foot.
SHE DOESN’T KNOW THE PERP. He drove up and she got into his vehicle when it was pouring rain.
Sadly nobody saw her get into the vehicle bc the visibility in pouring rain isn’t great & even if someone else drove by they had their eyes on the road.
This guy is familiar enough with Brooklyn, Iowa to be driving there in the early morning/ dawn.
Not necessarily a Brooklyn native but a rapist (or worse) who picks up his victims in the rain....
Sorry for the pessimism.
It’s just my feeling about this case and all complete speculation -all IMHO.
Praying I’m wrong but just not feeling she was lucky enough to be ferried away by an adoring stalker who is keeping her tucked away.
She is a sweet,good, special girl but to THIS PERP she is just a girl / the first girl he approached that day who took his bait- nothing special here. No previous personal connection to Mollie.
I’m not getting an Elizabeth Smart “specially picked” vibe from this case. Somehow her dad is & some profiler is but I think that’s not what’s going on here.
This is quite simply an unknown victim to an unknown perp. It’s so very sad & so very frustrating.
Her loved ones are smart and have done everything right after precious Mollie went missing. It’s so amazingly heartbreaking.
Please, please let them find this monster before he strikes again.
