Ok, LE did report they were going through the girls' phones. It's safe to say then they have them, since this report was really early on. There are plenty of links posted earlier w this info.
I wonder if LE DOES have a video that shot the whole day on the bridge, and the POI was taped walking on the bridge around the time of girls but was never taped leaving. That would be an obvious red flag to LE. They stated they've talked to everyone near the bridge that day. The only way they could know this is if they have continuous video. I still have a feeling that this man was interrupted by the family or LE shouting for girls and panicked. Perhaps he ran off through the property, cemetery, or down the creek. He didn't have time to throw them in water, which I would think would be the obvious place to dispose of them to prevent evidence from being found. I think they will find him, but if he were local I think they would have him by now. I still lean towards him being an online predator.
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Seems we are back to speculating about the origins of this photo since LE refuses to tell us. Trail cam one possibility but I think that's less and less likely. I believe I read an interview with LE ( sorry no link) where it was said that they believed there was a security camera somewhere on the trails but had no idea where it was... hmmm. That leaves the girl's phones. Remember dive teams were on the scene very quickly after the discovery of the bodies and it was after this, that law enforcement released the suspect's picture. Now, I'm quite certain that the killer would absolutely have not left the phones at the scene intentionally especially if he was an online predator as speculated. One possibility I have entertained from the beginning is that he threw their phones into the creek before he left the scene not knowing that newer iPhones are waterproof. It would seem a logical thing to do. You certainly don't want to leave the scene with the phones on your person in case you are stopped and questioned on your way out and who cares if LE digs them out of the creek if the phones are bricked?