I'm sorry but I just can't get behind the hitchhiking theory at all, someone committing such a heinous, horrible and, what it seems like, well planned and executed crime isn't going to risk it all by hitchhiking away, it is too risky and there is no guarantee anyone would pick him up to begin with, disagree if you want, but I can almost guarantee this man has his own vehicle and drove away on his own.if we're focusing in on the hitchhiker part, it would also be less than a mile in multiple ways (though easiest to walk via the trail) to the highway.
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