Some of the things that you discussed before ... like the twitter postings.... those things were based on a Tarot reading as far as where Skylar was.
A Tarot reading?! Could you offer more insight as to why you're saying that and who asked for the reading? I'm really intrigued. To the best of my knowledge, Tarot is much better at providing readings about abstract concepts than specific locations. Although some cards can refer to concrete things like people's appearances, I've always heard that reading like that was less accurate since it shutted down most of the meanings the cards can have. It's the difference between getting the Queen of Swords in a reading and reading it as someone who is persuasive, knowledgeable, and so on (or applying this to a happening and not a person) versus an adult woman with dark hair.
ETA: Would Apple really be able to pinpoint a location of an Ipod?
I don't think Apple can track down an iPod's location very easily. For stolen devices, there are some apps you can use to track it down via GPS but they can be unreliable. Maybe on cases like missing people Apple themselves can do it and just won't bother with stolen devices.
If it's an iPhone it may be easier since it's also a phone and has more features and connectivity options. The iPod Touch also has more features like that unlike old iPods so maybe they could do it too.
I'm not a fan of Apple devices so I could be wrong about all this and hopefully someone else can provide more explanation. Assuming it's impossible, the only conceivable reason they'd refuse it would be to save face but then people who own iPods already know that they won't track stolen devices for you by default and if it's a technical impossibility people who are big fans and know all the technical details would know that already. If it's possible the only reason would be if they thought that was a breach against their costumer's privacy.
I'm not that familiar with US law but correct me if I'm wrong, you can't refuse a subpoena (only maybe contest it) but not flat out say no and ignore it. Lots of websites and prodcuts specifically say they won't hand out your information unless it's required by the law.
I'm a Morgantown native and resident. If the "best friend" is telling the truth about dropping Skylar off down the street from her apartment complex (which I think she is not being honest about), the odds of her being abducted by a stranger as she walked down the road to her apartment building in this town are slim to none unless someone was actively stalking her. I don't think she fell victim to a crime of opportunity. I'm not saying it's an impossibility, but it's not where my gut would lead me. If she met with foul play, it was most definitely by the hands of someone she knew - or at least someone who knew her.
IMO, there is also still a chance that she did run away from home for whatever reason. There are almost no posters of her (I've never personally seen one) and I have noticed little to no publicity about the case locally. I did hear about it on the radio when it happened, but it's not like her face and name are plastered all over town or anything like that. She could blend in very easily and stay hidden as long as the people around her were unaware that she was missing, or were willing to keep her secret. There is endless student housing she could crash at here.
I honestly don't know what to make of the case. There just aren't enough details. I'm starting to get a bad feeling about it, though...
The lack of posters and publicity is odd, reading about this case from a distance would led me to believe that her parents and everyone else have been spreading posters and pleas for help tirelessly. Weird. I too think there's a chance that she just ran away and is staying under the radar. I hope she's safe.
To me the foul play option seems very likely by this point, not from a stranger while walking back home but somewhere else. An accident at a party or a stranger hurting her while she and her friends were doing something they weren't supposed to, or even an adult in her life like a relative (not necessarily from her immediate family) or an authority figure. There's just a lot that could have happened and made people with leads too afraid to speak up, especially as far as teenaged friends go.
As an aside I think we can safely ignore that twitter. Clearly the hypothesis that she ran into foul play while out with her friends are not new to her family and local people so this twitter could be anyone who is convinced that it's true and that her friends will crack this way. Especially if it's based on that Tarot reading it's just not someone with insider knowledge IMO. I also like to hope that someone who did know that and was so strongly against her friends would come forward and say something rather than post anonymously on twitter of all places.
