BeanE
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The attached garage converted to living space on the ONE STORY house is not the carport, IMO. The carport is the standalone building seen to the west of the pool.
Here is my take on the layout of the house and land.
This makes much more sense to me on how this guy could have secreted himself while Dana and Karen came out and left for work, and could remain hidden until Holly came out to her car to leave for school. His ability to do that in front of the house is much more limited, and that had me puzzled.
It also makes sense to me that if looking out the window and seeing someone walk across in front of the carport (crossing in front of the carport building) on the gravel and towards the woods, one would say they went "across the carport" - meaning they were crossing in front of the carport, not inside it, and the direction they were going in was towards the woods.
So... a scenario that works for me is the perp hiding inside the carport, where Holly's car is parked, Holly comes out, gets to her car, perp reveals himself, he does whatever he did to cause blood, and possibly screams at that time, holds her arm and compels her to walk with him out of the carport, crossing in front of it, at which point Clint looks out the window, sees them as they walk towards the woods.
Thanks for that, nora. Now I'll have to find something else to obsess about.