I guess my feelings about what might have happened haven't changed a whole lot since early on. DC stating that the crime scene begins at the trail head, imo, indicates that BG might have seen, spoken to, or started following the girls pretty much right from the beginning. Him engaging them at the end of the bridge like he did...L's video just feels like he's bearing down on them, you know? And I think the girls felt that, too.
My interpretation of some of the things the family have said about the audio, plus the immediate "guys...down the hill" upon reaching them, is that he had engaged with them somewhere earlier on the trail. That is purely speculation, though.
As for the distance and body location, that is something based solely on comments made by LE, media and neighbors. If the distances weren't consistently farther than what the assumed location is, I would chalk it up to vagueness and let it go. After all, there are very reasonable arguments for the spot being below the cemetery. But the distances, even given in various terms of starting points, ARE consistently farther. IDK.
And I understand a lot of people think it really doesn't matter in the scheme of things, either, but I beg to differ. Walking them twice the distance, and what that means in terms of isolating and controlling them, time spent with them, finding them after-the-fact, exiting the cs, and whatever else changes with every added step. JMO.
