According to her friend, she was last seen at 10pm by a neighbor. By that time the security cameras were already spray-painted. I wonder if she was seen outside of the building coming in or on her apartment floor. When did she send the message about staying in? Could it be that the perp followed her into the building and took her from there or was waiting on her floor and followed her into the apartment? There was no break-in and no signs of a struggle in the apartment. Would she be answering the door late at night?
From the links posted on WS there are answers to only a couple of your questions and unfortunately often the links contradict each other
- Man in helmet seen spraying cameras 9.30pm. He sneaks in and then also sprays elevator camera ( Newsnation link)
- 10pm Rameau last speaks to Ana who is staying home cause it’s cold there. ( Cuomo/Newsnation)
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Anyway... pure speculation:
To me the text contents are the biggest red flags. I interpret them as the sender being transparently ' try too hard. '
- He's doubling-up by trying to make her sound potentially unstable as well as reckless to personal safety risks. ( Therapist mentioned. Needs a walk for relief. Going off in cars with men who randomly approach you on the street.)
- If that doesn't work to throw everybody off, he chucks in the option that she's at the start of a whirlwind romance which could lead anywhere, even to a whole new life. 'Amazing connection... never had before'. ( She's happy, nothing to worry about)
- Next, he throws the kitchen sink at it. Uses google translate for the Spanish message. Then uses the English version and sends that across the Continent, to Sweden.
- Next, he creates a cover-story for absence which is both unnecessarily vague & overly specific.
Summer house 2 hrs away. Why not just say outside of Valladolid or past Segovia, for example? Next, he conveniently leaves the return date vague & open-ended ' ...for a few days ' ( Rameau has said AK had to be back Monday for a conference)
Then adds ' spotty signal'. Doubles-up by adding wtte of don't call me, I'll call you when I get back.
That's what I meant by describing it in the earlier post as ' elaborate' ( And this is without including helmeted strangers and black spray paint)
IMO, whoever ' he' is, he
thinks he's very smart but you can almost visualise the Spanish detectives and FBI staff's raised eyebrows when they look at the cover-texts
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