Gun? did I miss something? I have considered the possibility that she tried to run in the field. But I'm not convinced. I think if she were able, she would have been able to escape him. She was quite athletic and he isn't very big. So I assume she was already badly injured (if alive) when he drove in to the field. But it certainly doesn't make sense that he would carry her 400 feet. But my understanding from the trial was that her underwear, shorts were found 15-20 feet away, but beyond the body. So there just seems to be a part of this story that is missing. Only CBR knows of course.
I agree that 400 feet into the cornfield does not correlate with the cut-out section we see in the photos. It does match the distance to the end of that mowed road, however, where it tapers to a point in one of the photos in this article:
The site where remains believed to be Mollie Tibbetts were found
I never was clear on which direction the shorts were from her body, but there are other things that don't add up, as well, imo. For instance, from the crime scene photo of her body in the cornfield, she appeared to have one shoe on (her bent leg), while her other leg appeared to be straight out, but that shoe was off and right beside the shoe still on her foot, very close to her pelvic area. For many people's theories, her shorts and especially underwear would not have come off easily without removing her shoes, yet the shoes are still on or directly with her, while her underwear and shorts are 15-20 feet away (in a cornfield, where I question how far they could be thrown). I think it's likely he could have used the same knife to cut away her clothing, but if so, that information was not presented at trial.
I do think CBR, alone, could have dragged and carried her a good part of that 400 feet, especially if she was not conscious/alive. And I suppose it's also feasible she ran, although I have my doubts. The blood evidence in the trunk suggests injuries not conducive to running through the corn, or even walking. JMO.
Since the cell-phone triangulated search area does not include the body location (from what I can tell), I have to wonder if he ditched the phone before the cornfield, which pretty much opens the timeline of events after the fact, and any other locations, up for debate.
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