I keep thinking about the affidavit that states the car was seen in the area 24 minutes before Eliza was abducted. And then, according to the affidavit, the car passed her by and then stopped, waiting for the victim to run by. I am not familiar, thankfully, with the thoughts of kidnappers, but do you think he was patrolling that area specifically to look for a victim? That time of day seems weird - it's too late in the morning for people in bars or at parties to be leaving and it's too early for most people to be waking up. And if you left home that morning intent on abducting someone, if you cruised around and didn't find anyone... wouldn't you just go do something else? I still have a lot of questions.
ETA: Let's just say that, for whatever reason, this was planned. If she left home around 4am, it means he was in that area beginning around that same time (intentionally?). I wonder what he did during those 25 minutes.
Here in NYC, millions of people will be out that late, leaving parties and bars, or running like Eliza, or going to an early shift at work.
I don't know much about Memphis other than Elvis, but I did think it was a large enough city to have a bar or club scene?? No??
My own feeling is this bum may simply have been out driving around, just because he could after 20 years in prison. Maybe he hooked up with some sketchy friends to drink or get some drugs. Maybe he was cruising around every night and she walked into his field of vision and the beast within took over.
Or maybe he was out a lot at night for any reason and did in fact notice that this same woman was out around that time most early mornings, and did conceive of a plan to waylay her, for money or for rape.
I'm not feeling that the husband was involved. Of course I could be wrong but I just don't see it. He knows, like Jennifer Dulos' husband should have known, that she comes from a family with the love and the money to never give up, and he would be found out.
The one scenario I discount 100% is trafficking. As others have said, Eliza doesn't fit the profile. I know there are exceptions to every rule, but trafficking only works for the trafficker if he has a scared and vulnerable victim with no one that's going to look for her. It's a huge problem for women who are in America illegally, because the traffickers threaten that they'll have them deported. It's also a problem, as frequently noted here, that women who will do anything for money, (usually due to addiction or being homeless), will capitulate to this because the immediate money is essential, or so they think.
It took me so long to catch up on this thread that I forgot most of what I wanted to reply to, except someone above mentioned that they hated to "like" someone's post when it's tragic. I've always felt that way. Just a reminder that we now have a variety of emojis to better express our emotions.
All jmo