Ok, so if that's her van on Google maps, it shows that street view photo is from 2 months ago! If you look around on Google, there are people walking and sitting on the grassy area. I do not understand how her van was there and she was inside for that amount of time. There are cars everywhere! And people. It's not off the beaten path. This is even more confusing to me, to be honest.
According to Becky's mom, she was found in her vehicle parked in the parking lot of the oncology department of University Hospital, and her mother also said that Becky was a cancer survivor and was facing a possible cancer diagnosis again at the time of her disappearance. Becky may have have had a medical emergency in the parking lot and it just went unnoticed, although 3 months is a long time to fathom, especially since NOPD was supposedly casing that area. Or, perhaps someone else chose that spot to leave Becky and her vehicle because they knew her medical history.
Yes this is a very interesting question. Both
@mpnola and
@Valkyrie.504 bring up important points to consider.
On the one hand, early on in Becky's case we learned that Becky had a history of dealing with cancer. This would make it entirely plausible that she would visit an oncology department for consultation and/or possible treatment. However, I do not recall Karen mentioning in this thread that Becky was actually receiving cancer treatment shortly before she disappeared. If Becky had an oncology appointment scheduled, or was receiving treatment at the time she was last seen, then there would be medical records to support this. If so, hopefully NOPD would be investigating this. So, from this point of view, her vehicle being found in the University Medical Center Oncology parking lot at least has some logic associated with it.
MOO.
On the other hand, it seems highly unlikely that Becky's vehicle, especially with Becky inside, would have been parked in the University Medical Center Oncology parking lot, especially that close to the building, for well over three months without someone (medical staff, visitors, security, etc.) reporting it and discovering Becky.
Several hospitals in my general area have oncology centers, but AFAIK those centers are not open 24 hours each day. Except for emergency room, in-patient visitor, and hospital staff parking areas, most parking lots at hospitals in my area are generally quiet and empty at night and on weekends. This may not be true everywhere, like University Medical Center, but unless the oncology department is seeing patients 24 hours each day then Becky's vehicle would likely be parked in a mostly empty parking area each night.
Assuming University Medical Center has a security staff monitoring the facilities and parking lots via both video cameras and active security patrols, it seems highly improbable that Becky's Highlander would be parked there for over three months without being detected or towed away, especially with her inside. Again,
MOO.
