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On foot the only real path into and out of the church is to the North. A path southward is extremely difficult with the way Texas DOT set those bridges and very steep walls underneath to the creek. Other than running across a highway there isn't a practical way through.
If you check out Google Earth to the North there will be a bridge that crosses the North Prong Creek from the west side to the east side near the nearest house and only house before the reservoir further up. Further up along the west side of the creek there is a cross-over at the spillway of that dam. To the east of that is road - 19th ave. Further north you start to run into more houses. If you go north and then west from the church you will encounter a high voltage transmission tower cut-through path extending to Walnut Grove and beyond though like the other side the further North you go the more houses you encounter.
The name of that reservoir identifies that this is a soil conservation area. So the problem being controlled is soil erosion. In Google Earth you will see various channels to the creek to control just where water would flow to it - there is at least one path that seems uncontrolled. There is at vegetation throughout the area North and not as much bare soil, this helps to keep the soil in place.. So, I wouldn't expect this to be as muddy as some think despite the rain.
It is true the fastest way out is a vehicle. But unless you are going to steal a vehicle in addition to carrying out this crime you run the greater risk of your vehicle being seen on a camera somewhere. If your car is modern it may have OnStar or LoJack that will be pinging your location out - unless you disconnect that stuff. You have a risk running into a road closure due to standing water or even an accident. A flat tire. The car won't start. You don't want to be the guy/gal with the flat tire and the SP suit in the car should a police officer come across you driving at that time of night and determine they have probable cause to suspect you might be up to no good to go on a little fishing expedition with you. If you should get stopped you might "look nervous" (and that could mean anything when it comes to the way LE operate) to said officer.
If someone planned this to murder Missy and get away with it the planner would have to have a lot of confidence that those kinds of risks are mitigated. If this is a burglary gone wrong I would expect a car for sure because there is a good chance they aren't even thinking about any of these risks.
There are risks entering and leaving as well. Just like the car you can still be seen. You will be moving slower. Though I will add you can hide yourself much easier than you can hide your car and yourself. It will be dark. It will be wet. You will have to pass by some houses. However, you do control just how far away from those houses (and any dogs) you will pass. With a vehicle you don't. There are no doubt more.
Every individual will assess these risks differently and decide their way in and out.
The only thing MPD ever said about a car was that they said one was partially seen on surveillance in the first conference. They haven't said anything about that since. One thing that I have been wondering about is that the first press conference was early in this and I wonder if the golf cart that is parked in the Northwest entryway before you get to the vestibule was what they had seen. If you enlarge a screen cap of the West (main) hall - where we see SP across from Holy Grounds - you can make out the golf cart in the distance. At this point there is no way to know unless MPD tells us.
As I said in another post MPD knows when MB arrived at the church prior to entering the church. They know that somehow. And that is either via an outdoor church camera in the Southwest entryway or from the SWFA cameras. If it is the church camera then we know SWFA footage from that time period isn't helpful. If it is SFWA then there should be a reasonable chance that if MB's vehicle was picked up by that camera the other vehicle would have been. MPD has never stated if the vehicle mentioned in the first press conference was stationary, entering, or exiting.
There is a considerable number of posters local to the area, as well as others who live nearby and/or know the area well. We've been fortunate in that regard. I think their first hand assessments of the immediate area have been very helpful. Google serves a purpose but does not necessarily tell us what the eyeballs on the ground can, so to speak. Walking through a culvert to get to the other side of the highway isn't so far fetched, in my opinion. Alternatively, if the car was parked in the back of the church, it could have been unnoticed when the campers were inside and discovered the body, in my opinion.