Yes it is very interesting, just that one little statement, isn't it? I've been puzzling over it for quite awhile. At first (prior to this statement) I had thought that perhaps one or another or all of the boys had been outside with Summer at some point, and had seen this vehicle. Then upon questioning (after Summer disappeared) LE discovered from one of the boys that they had witnessed the vehicle in question. But with that statement, it seems clear it was an adult who was driving his own work vehicle.
I had also wondered if one of the boys had reported Summer as having been down in the shed area, or this vehicle was witnessed along Ben Hill adjacent to the shed area (where it somewhat comes out to the road) and that's why DW immediately went to search that area. Since we don't know what transpired between CW and DW during DW's ride home from work, I was speculating that CW was saying where the boys had gone/were going to search, where she was headed in the truck, and he thought ok, I'll go up by the shed. All speculation of course.
If the vehicle was noted as out of the ordinary immediately, it would not surprise me that DW and CW immediately thought Summer had been abducted. Kwim?
I had also wondered if one of the boys had reported Summer as having been down in the shed area, or this vehicle was witnessed along Ben Hill adjacent to the shed area (where it somewhat comes out to the road) and that's why DW immediately went to search that area. Since we don't know what transpired between CW and DW during DW's ride home from work, I was speculating that CW was saying where the boys had gone/were going to search, where she was headed in the truck, and he thought ok, I'll go up by the shed. All speculation of course.
If the vehicle was noted as out of the ordinary immediately, it would not surprise me that DW and CW immediately thought Summer had been abducted. Kwim?
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