Julessleuther
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Hi guys! I have been lurking since the beginning, and have tried to keep up with everything. While reading tonight, I thought of something...SK mentioned going to Sacramento. The Ruby Valley visit is interesting, because I felt he went there to say goodbye. Was there a romantic interest in his part with the girl whose family lived there? I had a theory, so did some searching...
The last ping/phone call was the Whitney Ranch location at approx 6:04 a.m. There is a Greyhound bus location approx 5 miles and 10 minutes away from Whitney Ranch. There was a bus that left Henderson, NV for Sacramento, CA which would have departed at approx 6:20 a.m that morning from that station. Could he have just left his old life behind and gone to Sacramento by bus? He may have just stayed in a motel the night before--maybe deciding whether to go through with it. He may have just arbitrarily picked a place to leave his car and then took public transit to his other locations. (It appears that there is Regional Transit service a few blocks away to where he was last seen--the route takes it past Coronado High School, approx 4 miles away.)
Other questions I have, although I am not sure anyone but SK could answer them:
Could he have been a gambler? Maybe he was ashamed because he had an addiction, and did not want his family to know?
Maybe he had a secret romance with someone who was not mormon? Do we know if he was going to Las Vegas in the months before he went missing?
I know his family does not want to believe that he would leave them behind, but if he was at the point of desperation, he may have. I know--I almost did the same thing myself 18 yrs ago-Dec 1992. I had lost my job, was doing freelance travel/meeting planning work, was behind on my rent, and had a very bad break up with my boyfriend in Oct. I had a trip scheduled the beginning of Dec to Lake Louise, Alberta Canada. (Paid for by an airline as part of a meeting planners junket.) I was 4,000 miles from my family, my ex, and the horrible life I had. I seriously (and I do mean seriously) thought about leaving everything and everyone behind and starting over fresh in Calgary. It would have been fairly easy to do--I had some money on me and had waitressing/bartending skills and would have been able to survive. I was not close with my family and felt like I was a disappointment to them anyway, a failure, and I did not want to feel that way anymore. The only thing that kept me from leaving was my grandmother. So, I did not run away--I came home, moved to Atlanta for a job and got my life back together. My point is that especially right before the holidays, even though he bought Christmas presents etc, he may still have felt dispair, and although his religion might prevent him from taking his own life, he may have instead left his old live behind to begin again. I really feel in my gut that there is no foul play, just Steven walking away. Just my thoughts FWIW.
The last ping/phone call was the Whitney Ranch location at approx 6:04 a.m. There is a Greyhound bus location approx 5 miles and 10 minutes away from Whitney Ranch. There was a bus that left Henderson, NV for Sacramento, CA which would have departed at approx 6:20 a.m that morning from that station. Could he have just left his old life behind and gone to Sacramento by bus? He may have just stayed in a motel the night before--maybe deciding whether to go through with it. He may have just arbitrarily picked a place to leave his car and then took public transit to his other locations. (It appears that there is Regional Transit service a few blocks away to where he was last seen--the route takes it past Coronado High School, approx 4 miles away.)
Other questions I have, although I am not sure anyone but SK could answer them:
Could he have been a gambler? Maybe he was ashamed because he had an addiction, and did not want his family to know?
Maybe he had a secret romance with someone who was not mormon? Do we know if he was going to Las Vegas in the months before he went missing?
I know his family does not want to believe that he would leave them behind, but if he was at the point of desperation, he may have. I know--I almost did the same thing myself 18 yrs ago-Dec 1992. I had lost my job, was doing freelance travel/meeting planning work, was behind on my rent, and had a very bad break up with my boyfriend in Oct. I had a trip scheduled the beginning of Dec to Lake Louise, Alberta Canada. (Paid for by an airline as part of a meeting planners junket.) I was 4,000 miles from my family, my ex, and the horrible life I had. I seriously (and I do mean seriously) thought about leaving everything and everyone behind and starting over fresh in Calgary. It would have been fairly easy to do--I had some money on me and had waitressing/bartending skills and would have been able to survive. I was not close with my family and felt like I was a disappointment to them anyway, a failure, and I did not want to feel that way anymore. The only thing that kept me from leaving was my grandmother. So, I did not run away--I came home, moved to Atlanta for a job and got my life back together. My point is that especially right before the holidays, even though he bought Christmas presents etc, he may still have felt dispair, and although his religion might prevent him from taking his own life, he may have instead left his old live behind to begin again. I really feel in my gut that there is no foul play, just Steven walking away. Just my thoughts FWIW.
