Thanks! The perp definitely was organized, had a plan. You would know about tracks, Sarx, so I'm sure you're right. I don't see how there couldn't be something for at least trained eyes to see and noses to follow. I worry, but apparently LE hasn't, about all the volunteers tramping everywhere, and the fact that LE isn't worried tells me lots of different things. I tend to think that LE is allowing and encouraging searches to continue because the perp is local and he will participate in the searches, how could he not without looking suspicious. The same for the vigil the other night. The fact that LE is so closed mouthed on this would drive the perp crazy, so he would want to be involved in searches/ vigils just to try to learn what LE knows, IMO.
Just thinking out loud and above is my opinion.