Jethro4WS
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Generally speaking there is really nothing to stop people from searching. The basics are that you don't bring 50 or 100 people with the intent of running a search line doing grid searches across someone's property or all walking up a road. What you do instead is have people walk along road - public right of way in PA extends 28 feet from the center of the road - in pairs, and better yet walk a dog with you. Almost no one would notice anything but two people walking a dog. Unless posted you could go a bit onto the property without much hassle and it is pretty much true even if posted (the dog got away is a good excuse if you encounter a hassle which is why you might take a dog).Based on the above and potential cell phone records, it would appear to me that LE probably already has a good idea of Anna's movements prior to and during the day she went missing. I also read up thread that LE had requested no additional searches. Putting two and two together one would make a reasonable assumption that there is a reason that additional searches are not needed at this time. I am always a bit curious when LE says one thing and groups operating on their own say something else and wonder what level of communication occurs between the two. Also curious who is assuming liability when a chartered SAR team is involved in a non-LE sanctioned search. I do understand that those involved feel the need to "do something". As an example, in the Holly Grim case, LE knew pretty quickly many of the details of the case and had a suspect. That information was not released to the public or the FH group (which for the most part were really great folks). There were some searches that were carried out, one under a national search organization that devolved into a real mess with lawsuits threatened. LE was only waiting for that one bit of information they needed to pounce, and it took quite a while. I suspect the same is true in this case based on what I am seeing and not seeing.
As you mentioned earlier, the same obstacles such as dense undergrowth or even things like steep inclines and such that make searching difficult almost always preclude someone ditching a body from also going through such areas as it would be even harder for them to do so. The harder the terrain is to navigate the less likely you will find Anna there.
So, my expectation is that Anna is less 100 feet (and likely less than 50 feet)) from either a road, a path, or a stream. The area will be wooded but not densely and will also not be uphill especially on a steep incline. Also, I expect she is along a road that is less traveled even in the daytime. This is why such things as a pair of walkers covering a mile of road and the area along at a time it is an effective way to have a search without having a large entourage out and about drawing unwanted attention. Having binoculars would allow you to cover more area. Using just this technique over all of the elapsed time since she disappeared or at least since her car was found (increasing the likelihood she is hidden somewhere) would have covered a lot of ground in the immediate vicinity of just about every road in the area of where she lived or her car was found.
I am highly certain that LE has a good idea of Anna's movements and at the very least when her car was last started and then shut off. That information should be inconsistent with what LE was told. I suspect that was the basis of the probable cause affidavit for the search warrant for the home.
In order to be consistent with what LE was told about Anna leaving the way she did Anna should not be buried. It would only be a matter of time before her car would be found so that is another reason why I think she would not be buried.
One other thing I will mention is the weather. It rained a lot for days covering the weekend just after she talked to her mother on the the 28th of March. We know that the birthday text the following day had mistakes in it that Anna wouldn't make. My line of thinking has been that this whole thing was planned in advance but was moved up to mid-week due to the upcoming rain which would make things more difficult in terms of hiding Anna. One thing you can't plan out too far in advance is the weather. There should be some mistakes made due to shifting the time with the birthday text being just one of them. I expect that in terms of planning the timing was meant for March 31st - April 2nd.
We haven't heard of one inkling of trouble with her marriage. Not one word that she was looking to get out of it. In context with her disappearance it leads me to believe that there was a third-party connected to her husband. I happen to believe the third party to be directly involved but that may not be the case.