Stryker57, first let me tell you that I feel... don't know how to word it... I feel so bad myself when I see you appear here. I mean it is a mixture of feeling bad, embarrassed, don't know how to explain. As if we were here dissecting your Mom's life (and death, unfortunately) and I feel so sorry you are reading all this.
Honestly don't take offense in the discussions as we don't mean bad. We are only trying to understand, to comprehend what led to this tragedy. And not only! I and all we here want so deeply and so strongly that who might be responsible for your Mom's death to be brought to hard and forever 'justice'. Of course nothing can bring her back to you but at least the perp/s have to take responsability for their cruel evil actions.
Yes, I think we must have to do a tremendous effort to think about that morning in the way we do. I don't think your Mom wasn't driving her car that morning and it was parked there to make it appear random, but I don't think it has nothing of random. The phone also needed to ping there for things to make sense leading the persons to think that Cheryl drove there and was assaulted or disappeared from that place.
Of course I may be wrong and I have nothing to prove what I think. I only know that the random attack makes no sense to me. Not that it couldn't have happened but because a random attack at 7 in the morning in a working Monday has not that kind of 'development'.
I hope you understood my gibberish and accept a hug from me from here so far.