Gah, that's terrifying. And Klunder is one of those people who should have never been out on the streets again to begin with..
Just the other week I was filling up at a gas station and a man called out to me from the adjacent parking lot saying my tail light was out. I yelled back a thanks and promised him I'd check it out. After I paid for my gas he was still there, and reminded me how urgent it was I'd get it checked out.
My tail light was *not* out, it turns out, so I have no idea what that was about or what his plan, if he had one, would've been, lol. But even after reading websleuths all the live long day and generally being a horrifically paranoid person at all times, my gut instinct was completely silent on this one, and this happened at night time. I always try to have an "exit strategy" of sorts, and knew that I could jump into my car and rev off far quicker than he could walk over to me.
Point being, I can see how the initial contact may not have been so scary or even unexpected for Alexis in broad daylight, if the "car trouble" angle is correct (which I suspect it is, for a number of reasons). The fact that RAT's house is directly across a car lot probably kept her guard lowered right up until the moment it was revealed that was not, in fact, where they were going. And who knows if we'll ever be privy to what exactly went down in that moment?
Someone much earlier commented that the seeming absurdity (to the point of plausibility, even..) of RAT's story suggests he knows for a fact she will never be capable of refuting it. And that makes me sick to my stomach.
That being said, something slightly OT that also makes me sick to my stomach, though to a far lesser extent, is the fact that this Twitter account "Grim Reaper" follows Alexis now. It's somebody with like 2,000 followers who tweets at celebrities just after they've died with some sort of borderline snarky message. I've never seen him tweet about a non-celebrity, much less a minor, much less one that is not necessarily even deceased... it's in very bad taste, IMO. To put it lightly.
Im totally far from exempt but my point was more in the context. She drove out first, he followed behind. We know she didn't get far because her last ping was at 8pm and her phone was found basically where the last ping was and not too long after she left the gas station. She didn't go far before he took control of the situation.