I still can't wrap my head around how, if this guy is involved, they made it from the south side of that bridge to the other side of that creek without going through the water. And if they did go through the water, why? Why go to all that effort walking through the cold creek (which is no small feat) just go get to a wooded area when theres another wooded area on the south side of the bridge? It's simply too risky to walk them across that bridge or abduct them near the north side.
As remote as the place seems, its not like no one every goes out there (at least on the north side of the bridge). I believe a woman was interviewed and said she was out there around that time and saw a man but not this man and a couple walking around. So that's 4 other people in that area around that time on that day. Why on earth would he take such a huge chance in that location?
It makes much more sense to imagine them hiking through the woods by the cemetery & someone approaches them there. The girls originally came in from the Northwest then headed across the bridge,
if they still had 3 hours until being picked up theres not much else to do in that area other than to explore the woods south of the cemetery or even go into the cemetery itself. There's literally nothing else out there other than the bridge, the cemetery and some wooded areas to explore.
The guy looks suspicious & didn't turn himself in yet which is even more suspicious but leading them back across the bridge is too risky and walking through that creek just seems totally pointless.