I am a little confused why Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida.
I have lived in Georgia. They have a GBI just like we have the TBI. However, one thing to consider, is every state has different laws in regard to crime reporting. Florida is very different from many other states in being more transparent. This is why there are so many Florida man or Florida woman stories.
But, yes, if Summer's case happened anywhere else some things would be different. But, the real question is would it be solved?
If it was an area with a lot of surveillance cameras, then maybe because that kind of evidence doesn't seem to exist in this case (i think there might be a little we don't know about, how useful it is... Idk). Otherwise, idk...
Unless the Wells family has a P.O. box, they would get mail delivery. (I don't think they had any such thing, i am just saying that is the only reason not to.) There is rural mail delivery.
One thing I noticed starting about 2020 is the time the mail runs can vary from day to day depending on how many packages must be delivered. Still, there should be a general time people are expecting the mail to arrive.
People in rural areas, i think, get a lot more services than in the past. They might have to pay someone for these, but they are available. CB said there used to be a guy who did rural trash pickup at their house. Now, that every town wants those automated garbage trucks, people are buying the old trucks for this purpose.
As for various drug dealers and moonshiners marauding through Ben Hill Road. If this is happening, why haven't people called the HCSO?
I know someone on a rural property who cut down his own trees so they don't provide any hiding place after only a few times of finding people on "his" road (hardly anyone lives on that road.) The people hadn't gotten bold enough to leave the road, but he took their hiding place from them before they did.
Also, i need evidence before i will believe moonshiners are really a thing of any significance in 2021. Liquor stores exist. Back in the 1930s (e.g., prohibition), LE were breaking up stills right and left. It did persist for a while due to there being a lot of dry counties, but ... Alcohol isn't illegal (except during prohibition which zero people in this case remember). Criminals, i thought, made their $$ off selling that which is illegal.
ETA: one explanation i can think of for the Toyota Tacoma is the owner wasn't the driver that day and the owner doesn't know where the truck went that day for some reason. Maybe it usually doesn't have any white buckets in the back. The driver might be afraid of getting in trouble. Maybe not for SW, but something else.