I havent posted much the last couple of days but keeping up here everyday too. Makes me imagine, how frustrated we are when it seems we 'hit a wall' with information and deciphering it, how extremely frustrated the family and searchers, CUE, etc must be at this point.
I too have wondered if she is with her phone. I have my doubts about it now, but if the timeline is correct with that tight time of the reported 'first pings' at this area being 10:18 PM, I do believe she was at least there with it at that specific time. Otherwise, there is NO WAY this could have been done with only one vehicle - it would take two to get her to another point and her phone to this point. I've often wondered if the purse was tossed in this area and she was then taken elsewhere, but I don't see how it would be possible for her to have been taken somewhere, then the phone taken to this area with that tight timeline. And of course, we still have to take into consideration the 'tips' that came in early December that led LE back to this area to search.
Hope there is information/breaks soon, very soon.