Editing my post above about details of the video after checking the timeline thread. I had some dates wrong.
The sheriff did a welfare check on Saturday July 6 and did not find Stephanie home. On Sunday July 7, Dicentra went to Stephanie's and found the back door unlocked, the car parked in a different place than Stephanie usually parked it, her gate opener missing, her animals untended, car keys and her medications in the kitchen, but her backpack/purse missing. There was no sign of struggle.
On Monday July 8, after calling around to get their address, Dicentra picked up Jared in Ashland where he and his wife were living and drove him to find Lennie Ames at his camp in the woods, hoping to find Stephanie there. Ames claimed not to know where she was, but told contradictory stories. He made no immediate effort to search for her, despite his vast knowledge of the woods.
On July 10 and 11, searches were conducted at Stephanie's property and in the surrounding area using dogs, grid searches and helicopter.
Based on the story on KOBI tonight, Ames and company must have been living at Stephanie's by July 10 at the latest, and possibly even July 9. This part of the timeline has never been clear before. Opportunity knocked and they walked right in, set right down and baby, let their hair hang down (old song--couldn't resist).