I would guess not from the area as well. I know I am not local to that state and if I weren’t on websleuths, I wouldn’t have even seen this case. In my own amateur opinion, with how big local social media circles can be I have to imagine people local to the area have heard and are on alert for missing children. Unless her body has been there for longer than a few years and memories of the neighbor who just seemed to disappear one day has slipped the mind...
A rest stop just seems so opportunistic... when looking up information about where she’s found, it appears to be a 12 mile corridor. I can’t find anything about multiple rest stops. The site specifically says there is **advertiser censored* (singular) rest stop along the corridor. If the monster was familiar with the area, why leave her by the rest stop and not anywhere else in those 12 miles? It is certainly possible I am misunderstanding what this area entails, but it seems that it would work against them. The site also mentions it being more peaceful on the weekdays, so I’d expect some traffic during the weekend. It’s actually quite beautiful looking at the pictures. I wonder how close to the water she was found?
H.B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor - Oregon State Parks