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Been thinking about this for a bit. I know what I am thinking will probably seem 'out-there a mile', but of all the possible scenerios running through my head, I keep coming back to this one:
What if Shantina was planning to meet someone in Olympia and had planned to meet them at GHM? Maybe the aimless driving and mapquests were to kill time. Maybe she bought the wine for the person she was meeting. (I am slowly accepting that Shantina may in fact have been drinking again but am still holding out for concrete proof (BAC, toxicology, etc) Maybe she did not know what time GHM closed so when she got there the first time and found the store closed and the payphone out of order she drove elsewhere to call that person. Maybe she stopped somewhere without a camera to make the call. If she succeeded in reaching this person they may have arranged to meet at the beach. Maybe they had been there before and she thought she knew how to get there but only from the freeway (I can only find my MIL's house in Tacoma when I start from SeaTac Airport, but if I start from a hotel or my sisters house in Burien I get lost). Maybe she found the beach before she approached the Williams house but the person she was to meet was not there. Remember the tracks appearing to go in circles in the photos or where the van was found. Maybe she finally got frustrated and stopped at the Williams to use their phone and decided to forget about the meeting and check in with family and be on her way. Then, on her way back down the road maybe she thought she would check the beach one more time. At that time they either got stuck and what happened next was a tragic accident or the person she was meeting finally arrived (either by land or sea) and then what happened next was no accident.
As I said earlier, this 'scenerio' is probably way out there. I cannot even begin to weave all the other evidence/known facts into my story but given enough time I could probably work them in somehow.:blushing:
Totally off-topic...I solemnly swear to refrain from using the word maybe for at least the next three posts.