Stripehaven
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From day ONE, this is what got my suspicion going.
1. News story said Cheryl's family member said she was concerned about the park
2. Cheryl's car was found NE from transit center across from park where she would need to walk in dark pathway after 7am
3. Text messaged received from coworker that she is running late and that they were meeting at transit center.
The transit center itself is a multiple level covered parking lot with cameras, lights etc. There are multiple people transiting from there starting 6am. That said at 7am there are still ALOT of parking spots at the transit center. (Checking transit cameras or people who use that transit center would know this)
LE mentioned the location where Cheryl's car was parked is typical of overflow parking after the parking area is filled up. This is true, but only till around 8.30am. 30 minutes before or after 7am there should be available parking spots at the transit center which seems to be a logical place to park.
If Cheryl was concerned about the security, and she was already meeting her coworkers at the transit center. She would normally park at the transit center.
This makes it seem the car was placed, and the text planted.
And whoever staged the car (if it was staged) probably would have known about her concerns, since they seem to have known her routine. But they likely realized they couldn't plant the car AT the transit center, for all the reasons you mention.
This seems to point to a very impulsive and/or inadvertent act. I cannot make myself believe that the text was real and that a random perp happened to be there at just the wrong time, and got everything accomplished in such a short time. Or would have bothered to text the friend. I would think a random perp would grab and run, basically, and hope like hell that none of the many nearby commuters noticed anything.
I think something happened overnight. Then panic set in. Then a suspicious timeline and cover story were created and a panicky disposal of poor Cheryl was done in a spot that was pretty well hidden but easily accessed by the perp. At night.