For me, for the most part, it's just an observation that she wasn't grabbed on the street and thrown into the vehicle. She met a guy in a bar, and rode back with him and his friends, to a place that she had never been, most likely b/c she was inebriated. There's no sign in the cctv photos that either man was trying to pull her toward a vehicle. In fact, at one point, it seems neither man is paying much attention to her at all and she could have walked away. This case has really bothered me b/c it highlites what can happen to people when they drink to excess, and don't tell folks where they are going, and stay with their friend(s). As you said, it could've happened to any of us for being too trusting, or just partying, and thinking we were in the company of a friend. I believe, as SS mother stated early on, that SS had had some personal issues in the past, that she was still dealing with. It doesn't mean she's any less worth finding, than anyone else.