Ok, I'm jumping ahead here (still trying to catch up) but after I laid down, I couldn't get Erica outta my head.
One article I read they interviewed one of her teachers, who really was the first person to show us the human side of Erica. How she seemed to shy, but beamed when called upon and gave a correct answer, would mess with her bangs when she was a little unsettled, etc. Truthfully, after reading so much, it was heart-wrenching to hear of only ONE person talk about this sweet, shy young girl.
I must admit, I got a little choked up at that, because we haven't heard those kind of things from her "family", kwim?
Anyway, to get to my point, was reading a post about how Erica could be literally anywhere around the state (or even bordering states) & it wasn't till my head hit the pillow that some ideas came to me. Forget sleep, I've heard it's over-rated
So I grabbed my notepad and started thinking. Here's my list so far and yall have probably already gone over these, if so, just ignore my early morning ramblings
Check out family land, even extended family members. Sometimes around here, a family member will ask permission to hunt on my stepfathers land and he always lets them.
Next see if Sandy and/or Casey hunt or fish. If they have a hunting lease, that could be a big wide area that could be searched
Abandoned country houses/farmlands
And does anyone know if Sandy ever worked in construction? Maybe helped pour cement for foundations? Even if he didn't work in the area they live in, if he worked out of town, he could've traveled to a job with poor Erica thrown in the back of a truck, or even as tiny as she is, put into one of those large rubbermaid totes.
Sorry, I guess I should've started with a warning that my thoughts are that they did something horrible to the poor girl. Didn't mean to blind-side anyone.
Gonna duck and run for cover now :whiteflag: