I don't think she was voluntarily missing when she was reported missing and I think SG is responsible. Those are the only two things I feel in my gut. What my gut can't decide on is whether DS left or met with the SG voluntarily to begin with and whether they were acquaintances or even friendly or if she was terrified of him.
Respectfully SBM.
At this point, I just can't think of any scenario in which the SG is not involved. Further, while he might have had help in concealing his crime, I believe very strongly that he is the ultimate reason for Danielle's disappearance. I felt the same exact way about Robert Fabian in the Zuzu Verk case within a few days of her disappearance, and I am very pleased to see that he has finally been arrested, though I also feel very sad for her family for her remains have likely been found.
I, too, wonder how Danielle ended up in the company of the SG (if that is actually the case as this has not been confirmed) that Friday. All LE has said is that he and Danielle were acquaintances; to what degree, as you pointed out, they have not said, and it's something I keep going back and forth on.
If they were well-acquainted -say, they had exchanged each other's numbers for whatever reason-, and had mutually agreed to meet as Danielle left the office, why on earth would the SG agree to show up in the parking lot of her work, yet not drive away in his own vehicle? Sure, anything is possible (e.g., he could have taken a bus, Uber, gotten a ride from a friend, etc. ... none of which is likely, IMO), but if they were regular, ordinary friends, wouldn't it make more sense for them to have met at her apartment or his house?
To me, it makes more sense that the SG would have forced his way into Danielle's Jeep if he was indeed already inside the vehicle as it left MetLife (to the best of my knowledge, LE has not confirmed whether there was someone other than Danielle in the Jeep when she left work; what has been reported is "The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said authorities found Stislicki's black 2015 Jeep Renegade parked in front of her apartment on Dec. 3
but do not believe she drove it there"* -BBM-). He could have been stalking her and wanted to take things one step further (in his mind anyway), in which case he might have chosen the parking lot of her work to confront her over her apartment because he knew she didn't always come home at the same time whereas her work schedule was a little more consistent. Another possibility is that the SG and Danielle were in a relationship that went beyond a simple friendship -I have seen no evidence to support this assumption, and even if this was the case, I don't know either one of them personally and therefore will not judge; more importantly, regardless of what was going on in her life, one thing is for certain: Danielle did not deserve to be disappeared-, things went sour and he confronted her in the MetLife parking lot. In either scenario, I think the SG would have been able to get Danielle to comply with a gun.
Yet another possibility is that Danielle drove to the Berkley house willingly - for whatever reason (though not confirmed, I do believe that she was there due to the number and types of items taken from the property). There are a couple of things that support this scenario in my mind, one being that it appears LE had the SG on their radar within days -if not hours- of Danielle going missing, and two, perhaps her friend wasn't immediately alarmed because Danielle had told her she was going over there to see the SG before coming over to her house.
Now if only there were clues as to where Danielle could be found ... right now, I don't even know where to begin
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*The quote above is found here:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/0...-home-in-hunt-for-missing-michigan-woman.html