I think this area should be searched. It's Mountain View/St. Mary's Cemeteries. Next door is Claremont Country Club. It would certainly "fit" the rest of the screenplay scenario LWR has illustrated for us for obvious reasons, would it not?
The rear section of this cemetery appears to be unpopulated and void of graves. A series of small access roads run through some open, lightly wooded and dirt area's. I see what appears to be a maintenance area with vaults sitting on the ground as well. Looks like some digging or dirt moving going on as well. It's about 2.5 miles from Shuz, and as near as I can tell, this area may be running off of the same cell tower Shuz would run on.
Mountain View Cemetary would, I think be a difficult place to get away with this. I'm not confident to say it's impossible, but it's a fairly historic place (former Bay Area celebrities buried there such as architect Julia Morgan -- who incidentally, designed the church where the vigil was held, Henry J. Kaiser, and others
http://www.mountainviewcemetery.org/famous2.html)
It's well-kept and gives tours:
http://www.mountainviewcemetery.org/tour.html
Additionally, there's a gorgeous moseleum adjacent to it, with lots of groundskeepers and staff.
I do agree though that it would fit the "story" if there is indeed a remote area. The cemetary itself is driveable but very difficult to drive in (crooked, uneven, narrow, winding roads, you feel like you're literally teetering between vaults and the like).
I think he's going to make this look like an abduction in accordance with his story. That's going to leave two options as I see them:
- A rich, white, child molester from Rockridge (more upscale or open space adjacent to upscale areas)
or
- A poorer deviant in the worst parts of the East Bay (Richmond, East Oakland, etc.) Something by the water/warehouse districts, etc.
I haven't put anything together in my head yet, but the more I think about the limited time frame between JC kissing Hasanni at 7 a.m. and LR having to leave Fremont at 3:30-3:45 p.m. at
least, the more I doubt this entire same-day scenario (especially when you factor for junk yard trip and bank run, any clean-up and planning time). I think it would leave him only time to drive out 1.5 hour radius max and that would be a quick drop.
I just keep feeling this happened pre-Monday, which unfortunately would implicate JC in some way too.