Skigirl
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Let me try again. I agree she made up an excuse to be absent that likely wouldn't be questioned for a while. However, I don't think she planned on coming back so she didn't care about consequences with professors. She just wanted a head start so she could either runaway or commit suicide. If she just left without notice everyone would have looked for her sooner which could have jeopardized her plans.
Why would she leave to commit suicide? She had visited the White Mountains with her father many times. It had meaning to her. She could have decided to get drunk and wander in to the mountains to die in a place she loved. The accident may have disrupted this plan however.
Or, she ran away.
The lowest probability is an abduction.
Just my opinion. Which has changed many times over the years.
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Guess I did understand and just disagree. No one needs a "head start" to commit suicide. Do it, and it's done. The only reason to make an excuse like a family member dying is if one intends to come back and wants to avoid the consequences of having gone AWOL. College students flake out and leave campus all the time. Someone just wanting to get away would hardly be searched for for quite some time. No need to write to professors if that was the case.