Hello everyone. First post on WS. I have been trying to keep up with all the threads, posts and news.
I'm wondering what are you thoughts about what's BL goal with this in case he's still alive. Basically, what could possibly be his plan? To be on the run for the rest of his life? As far as some people that know him, he can hide for some time, but forever is a different story. It just requires money, skills and a personality that I don't know if it's in him. Is he hiding out while the lawyer prepare some kind of defense?
In my opinion, being on the run, showing up without GP to his parents house, and his parents not answering GP texts/calls (as far as I know this is the case) just reads guilty all over or at least highly suspicious if I'm being kind. He could say that he was scared because he was going to be automatically targeted a suspect for the death of GP but that's very flaky.
The fact that they keep searching around the same area (even if the FBI is going to lead the search now), and not - at least not publicly - elsewhere makes me wonder if either they don't have any leads that he could be anywhere else and this is just "the most likely place he could be" or they have leads that point to this area. I understand it's not a small area but he's just one guy that's on the run and doesn't have "on the run experience" (even if he has hiking experience).
Good post and welcome to WS!
I go back and forth between thinking he's dead or hiding.
For his parents to have behaved in the manner they did -- I think BL must have told them right off the bat that he killed her--accidentally--but given the Moab stop by LE, that he feared he would be charged with murder.
I can't seem them lawyering-up unless they knew he actually killed her. At that point, I think their lawyer called the shots--at least most of them--including telling them not to talk to anyone.
I imagine this is every bit as heart-wrenching for his parents as it is for hers. Maybe more so for his seeing as though they have no support network, while the Petitos and Schmidts have the entire nation supporting them. Both families' lives have forever changed for the worst.
No one could have predicted how this case would explode in the media, which makes it that much more unlikely for BL to slip under the radar no matter where he goes--if he's still alive.
But, for his parents to turn over items with his DNA so quickly yesterday, I'm leaning toward the idea that they're worried he's dead. Otherwise, why would they so easily hand over his DNA? I mean, that sounds counterproductive if they're part of a scheme to hide him.
One more thought -- I wonder how long this will last. The public's attention is quite short, although I'm sure this forum here on WS will continue, but at the point where the story is no longer all that sensational, mainstream media outlets will back off and that will allow the story to fade in the minds of many. Is BL waiting for that?
Or, is he just dead?
