Honestly, while I am glad we are all brainstorming ideas, I think some of our ideas are way out there.
Using Occam's Razor, the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions is the most logical and the most likely.
I see one likely and logical option for Abigail that Wednesday. The option has an A and B parts.
Abigail set out from school to walk
A. Home
B. Somewhere other than home (perhaps to meet someone or pick up something)
and she met with
A. Foul Play
B. Accident/Sickness
This is working with what we know.
We have nothing that would make us think she went running, as she was spotted walking with clothing matching her original description.
We have nothing to make us think suicide. She was texting friends and acting normal from all we have been told.
The fact that she diverted from her home along her walk and apparently took paths that weren't the closest to her home lead me to believe she was going somewhere other than home. We do not know why she would do that. Obviously there are plenty of unknowns.
Either she was abducted while going to this "somewhere".....she got sick or had an accident going to this "somewhere" (if so, I think she would have been located by now)....she met with foul play after arriving "somewhere."
I agree, I think its so important in these cases to go back to Occam's razor and re-assess what is going on at the most basic level.
The second part you metioned, I believe she met with foul play...
Now, assuming that, which I am going to assume for the sake of this post, then where she set off to on her walk from school that day could be either a)home or b)to meet up with someone.
option a) if she was on her way home then i am of the opinion that she was abducted by either a stranger or someone she knew who had been watching her and knew her routine. i would think if she was abducted on the main road that people allegedly saw her walking on the main road with some possible sightings up to 3:30 pm, someone would have seen or rememebered a girl getting into a car w/someone and reported it. if this happened, i would think it would be someone she knew if she was comfortable enough to get into the car with them. it's also possible she was abducted in a more secluded place by someone who was also watching her and could have been a stranger (kind of like the Molly Bish case..i believe that was her name and that was in New England as well).
option b) if was on her way to meet up with someone, one would think there would be text messages or private facebook messages, phone calls, etc, if there was a plan to meet up somewhere after school. If she was going to meet with someone, i think she was hiding this fact from people, but why? Maybe she only communicated verbally with whoever she was meeting up with so there wouldn't be a trace of their "relationship" or whatever..if that was the case, it leads me back to someone at school...maybe an older kid with a vehicle or god forbid a teacher. that would be a good reason to want to keep any meet up secret. also, the fact that she has a boyfriend...she might not have wanted him to inadvertently see any texts or phone calls from this person so she only communicated with this person verbally/face to face.
ugh im confusing myself, and i prob confused everyone else with this post, i think i drank too much coffee this morning.
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