I wonder if LE has previous reports of anyone complaining about hikers from the trail trespassing on their property or has there been disputes between hikers/landowners over this in the past. One thing I find very interesting about this case is that, from what we gather from the info, the suspect took control of the girls right at the South end of the bridge which is not a part of the walking trail. I agree with the fellow (RH?) who made that youtube timeline of this case and he theorizes the suspect was confident there were no hikers South of where the girls were intercepted by the suspect...so that points to the suspect having come from the South end of the trail already (to clear it) so that he would be comfortable overtaking the girls and walking them "down the hill" and into the woods across the creek. In my opinion it was a well thought out plan. This guy was prepared and took advantage of his opportunity to abduct these girls...he made his plan work by being prepared. Only someone very familiar with the area would know they could cross the creek in that area (video of the searchers in the creek show it is quite deep on one side so not just anyone would have felt safe crossing it...not a transient). I have to wonder too if these girls had ever been up to a property to see the horses before. What teen girls are not drawn to horses? Of course the family should know the answers to this and would have passed that info along... but it's something to ponder. Just my opinion.