Which also supports a theory that he walked up EL and turned the corner and walked further. Leaving from there, you'd automatically drive down Laurel Heights back out onto the main road -- invisible to the security cameras.
If he's in a vehicle captured on video, the information's not available.
Wish it was. We don't know which other vehicles came and went out of the neighborhood.
We tend to focus on only on EL and the white SUV.
I walked it a few weeks ago. Those streets are narrow and much shorter than they look on the maps/satellite. The houses are jammed in together, almost touching. I was amazed by how small it all was, and how it took only a couple minutes to get up to the top of EL -- walking at a small dog's pace, rather than what we see on the video.
The VM calls that afternoon and morning, could have been someone else *totally*, waiting for a message.
If we look at this as a crime scenario, Steven could have lost control of his movements some time after noon on Dec 13th -- at the time he was driven out of SCA.
It's also possible that he drove out of SCA, in another vehicle.
More and more, I'm convinced that unless he's a suicide (meaning he' somewhere in the Vegas area) ... he won't be found in Vegas.
If he walked far enough that the residents/visitors go out the other way to leave normally, then I would deduct he had been there before or someone told him to park there.
Which would mean:
A. He never needed gas or food when he was in the area previously (doubtful)
B. The someone that gave him instructions told him to park there. So would he go to the home of someone that told him to park so far away? Again, doubtful...that would be a dead give away that something sinister was up.
C. He had plans to leave and start a new life. Again, doubtful. Why answer the phone when GW called and/or the men from the ward? AND tell them where
he was. I think he told the men from his ward because he figured GW would be telling them whatever he was doing anyway...which would essentially make GWs description of the conversation false. And given the weather and having a car full of them...wouldn't you take a coat? Cash checks and leave with some cash, and leave the cars keys with the car.
D. He decided 12 was the time he wanted to ditch his life, end it, etc. Again, doubtful. 12 that day doesn't appear to hold any significance. AND, if he wasn't going to an "appointment", why worry about being so prompt. Referring to B...it seems like an actual appt is the only viable option. AND since there are no records of anything "nefarious" going on...it would seem someone he talked to regularly, and maybe even that morning, was the link to the appointment.
GW opened a medical supplies distribution "franchise" of sorts in St. George...why not offer SK a job? GW didn't tell the Elders that SK wouldn't be at the meeting, but they realized he wouldn't...why didn't GW tell them he had talked to SK? The last conversation SK had with GW was when they were within miles of each other BUT had no idea. Do you really think that SK tells GW that he was also in Vegas and they don't have any conversation about it...even though phone records show they speak regulary? If GW was one the road when he said, in the location he said, he could have made the meeting before church...why ask SK to go? Why did GW stay in Vegas Saturday night if he was on his way back so early Sunday? He wouldn't have been out drinking if he was living up to the expectations of his calling. GW posted dismal status updates more than once on Facebook after SK went missing. GW told GSmith during the search that someone Told him they were 100 percent sure they had seen SK when GSmith inquired of GW of his thoughts about SK. AND since GW posted that conversation...he has basically not posted anything further on here. GSmith posted while still in the field...did something else take place or did he learn something else that has kept him quiet?
Ok I can't go back up to read my comments from my iPad (wish WS was more iPad friendly) I think I just put all my questions, deductions out there. My husband and I walked EL during our trip to see Garth Brooks. I'm kinda mad about that...bc now every time I hear a GB song...I think of SK. But it did renew my desire for closure to SK's life story. I worried about admitting that I stalked the neighborhood, but I hope it demonstrates my level of commitment.:innocent: Next I want to walk the neighborhood where SK helped the girls, my husband is convinced there's something there that would help me get my focus off GW. He's on team GW...I'm not. ;-)
