Yes but how would she have gotten back into those woods in the first place?
Also I'm a few years older then VM but I did grow up here, and moved to the city in my early/mid 20's.....Moved back since....and additionally I'm female with a similar look, build, and pedigree as VM. I had lots of friends at Bancroft growing up, lots of friends at BU, etc....so Being pretty familiar with that "type" of girl ... I don't think it's as crazy and idea or unlikely as you might think that she may have intentionally met up with someone.
Say she knew this "friend" was troubled or going through something. Or perhaps she had tutored him at one point and developed a relationship that way. With her volunteer past and the big heart her loved ones speak of...if someone reached out to her, or she felt like they needed a friend....she strikes me as the type that wouldn't turn her back on that person....she strikes me as the type to still be reaching out to a struggling friend even if everyone else was ignoring the issue or had turned her back on him. She seems like the type of person others would feel comfortable opening up to in other words.