I am attempting to find the FWST article (have not been able to find the article I'm looking for yet, but it's out there) that states "a record store clerk" who knew Rachel talked to the girls inside this particular store (not sure of the name-something similar to Musicland-back in the day) on the 23rd. So he says... and evidently he was interviewed by LE, but no additional information was ever released, at least that I can find...which makes me leery that it's even true. I think it is possible that they made it to SS, possibly even that they had JUST arrived? Or maybe they were there so briefly that no one actually saw them? Maybe they went to only one store-then had to return to the car for some reason...then something happened? Don't know. Crowded mall, crowded parking lot, so many people. I was at NorthPark a few days ago. I was wondering.... if someone asked me if I remembered seeing three people and gave descriptions... would I remember them? I have an excellent memory, but I probably would not remember-unless something SIGNIFICANT happened that caused me to take note of them, some type of interaction, maybe you sit next to them in the food court (if SS even had a food court-not sure). How about any of you? Would you really remember seeing someone(s) in a mall? You see hundreds of people when you go to the mall... so, I have always been wary of those who proclaim to have "seen them in the mall" that day. I still think they made it there.....what happened after??.... that is the million dollar question.