Yep. He had the time and the connections to make it out to a dock or a boat, and maybe he understood the currents. So maybe leaving her clothes, cell phone and ID where it was easy to find was a way to distract the search, buttress JF/RSO's claims that it was local dealers were involved, not have the heat come down on any kind of associations he may have with trafficking or some such. My gut feeling was that in such circumstances he may have wanted to dispose of a body as far from himself as possible, and where it would be impossible to find, which may have been the sea. Knowing that he needed to back his story about the dealers to confuse things, he then may have left her items where they could be found. It is possible that getting rid of the evidence in his van was done after he realized she had been in touch with friends and that family was onto him. Jaimee Mendez was probably able to make those calls while he was out of ear shot, especially the last one, it seems to me.
