I imagine Mollie put up a strong fight roadside and may have been injured then. Perhaps HE hit HER in the face. That might account for the blood in the trunk. Likewise she may have been injured by the debris in the trunk when she was thrown in or she may have cut herself trying to break out.
HE really doesn't want to acknowledge the depravity of his actions. I saw her, she waved at me, she threatened to call the police... then I was in a cornfield. Well, whatever ugly secrets he thinks he can keep, the evidence will tell the full story.
He stalked her. He managed to overpower her. He threw her in the trunk and drove her to at least one other location. What we don't know is what happened in that field. Was Mollie able to break free? Did he first tackle her in the area where her clothes were found? Did he chase her again to where her body was found? The terror she faced, unfathomable.
The data from her Fitbit will speak loudly.
My heart breaks for Mollie's family, to lose that bright light and in such a horrific way, but now to have to relive her horror -- layers and layers of devastation. So terribly painful... ripples of loss that reach out even to us here, following her story, never having known her in life....
She, such a beautiful, strong, loved woman with what should have been a long and rich and wonderful life ahead of her...
We're all so sorry, Mollie. You should've been safe.
JMO
This presents another even more horrific senario than I even thought previously. If she was able to break free in the corn field, that could explain why she was so far in. She might have felt safer and like he would just leave if she ran in since they are so dense and easy to hide in.