My hypothesis on this exact question many threads ago was a 2nd car picked him up either voluntarily, or involuntarily. I too found it odd that his scent just stopped, but I'm not an expert by any means, on dog tracking scents. That's all I've got. I could never come up with any other reason other than the dog just lost his scent.
I know, perplexing. IDK, but I think there has to be a reason though. Especially if since it was tracked from the crash scene to where it stopped. But that's what I hyopothesize as well either voluntarily or involuntarily. That's perhaps why Jason's family is concerned about what really happened that night to Jason. And they have every right to be worried about his well being so maybe the AG is looking into that. The fact that there has been no banking activity and they haven't heard from him if it was voluntary makes them suspicious of something happening to him after a voluntary act even, but the fact is if it was voluntary then something happened to him that could also allude to criminal activity. Too many unresolved issues for not further action on the authorities part. MOO.
Possibly it stops because it was never there?
I do realize that the CCSO wasn't sure if it was Jason's scent they were following between the house and the pond. However, I am referring to the scent a quarter mile from the crash scene. I am assuming that is different from between the house and pond. Its pretty amazing but scent even after rain lasts weeks if not months afterwards from what I've read so I am under the assumption that this scent trail was followed during the searches where LE acknowledged Jason may be an endangered person. So I also assume that the canine handlers used Jasons's acutal scent. I don't see this anywhere but I get the impression that this is what unfolded. Yes, so for me IMO the scent if it was tracked with Jason's actual scent than that is a concern. The initial search may have had issues but at least a few days later it was conducted with more detail to a missing individual. MOO.
That's what they're trained to do, ideally, but I think we'll all agree here it doesn't seem to work out that way in the field. By the time dogs are brought in, the scent is many hours old, has been tracked over by many searchers and carried all over the place on their shoes, and the "scent article" used to let the dogs know what to smell for is often flawed. At the end of an investigation when remains (or a live person) are found, it seems there's often no correlation between what actually happened, and what the dogs alerted.
Due to the strong chemical smells from the oil wells, it is apparently very difficult for dogs to track in that area. According to Jason's dad, they go nose-blind very quickly. So I'm not sure that much faith should be put into that scent trail. If it was following Jason's scent, it's possible that the dog lost the scent trail because it became nose-blind at that time, not because the trail ended.
I also think there were many unintended obstacles that impeded the search dogs performance given that officials first believed that JL likely abandoned his car voluntarily. Then the question of getting recent clothes with JL's scent. His clothes were collected not by LE but by his dad the following morning after being in the cold and toxic smelling fumes of the area. IIRC, it seemed to me the best dog hits were near the water (i.e., hits by more than one dog) and not the roadway. The full details were never released.
Not from what I've learned. I have watched a documentary where years ago when a person went missing in a bustling city in the downtown area LE was able to trace that missing person's scent back to where the person originally started from which was their house in that city. It was years ago that I saw this but I wish I could remember it now but I don't unfortunately. IIRC this person's scent was traced back to the house a while after it was either days or weeks (I believe it was weeks.) I thought that was so very impressive. I really don't see why this can't be applied to Jason's case in terms of tracking or tracing. Jason was days the documentary stated weeks. I can understand the chemical smells, however, since I'm not an expert on this topic other than finding it fascinating I do see the point. But at the same time in the city buses, trucks running on diesel and other fuels are operating. In the documentary they showed the search being done in the day. I only hope that Jason's father is 100% certain. Or is it his opinion. IDK. But all MOO.
They don't search for bodies (outside of cars) in water. They search for cars underwater, to try and find cars with missing people.
Sad. I'm assuming a couple of things here. But first of all I wouldn't discount a properly trained dog nor LE. Dogs sense of smell is obviously much more acute than humans. Secondly, there could be a discrepency in the time the dogs were there and when the friend and her mother were there. Who knows maybe the body was put there shortly after LE searched the area, but before the friend and her mother were at the scene. I am speculating here but either LE didn't observe anything unusual there or the scene may not have been secured for that reason. MOO.
Sorry in post #596 I should've been more specific I meant that particular scene not meaning the area where her car was found because there may be evidence in the car or area around it. Sometimes if its not stated specifically it detracts from what the personson is actually trying to convey. My bad.
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I don't think Jason had used while driving either. The FaceTime it shows him rolling one joint. And not only that when LE looked in his backpack "they said uh oh". Well it was a tiny bottle. And the weed was in it. I agree with John Lorden when LE said they had an update when in fact they only mentioned his drug use and that it was his own fault that led to him missing, the smoking pot was already known. Jason's father was upfront about that from the beginning. Like John said why bring attention to his marijuana use. I agree that it could cause the public to not take an interest in Jason's case.
