I was on a fall break vacation with my boys this last weekend to Yellowstone. We left on Thursday and traveled home on Sunday. I had to come on to this thread to post. I haven't had time to read the thread yet, as I have been busy since returning.
I wanted to share a bit about our trip as it relates to this case. We entered Yellowstone through West Yellowstone (the Idaho side of Yellowstone); we traveled through and stayed in Gardiner, MT (Montana side) one night; and then traveled all the way through Yellowstone again and stayed in Jackson the next night (one of the Wyoming sides). We have been to Yellowstone before, but I have NEVER noticed as many rangers and LE as we did on this trip. I am certain that they were searching for this SOB.
We saw quite a few flyers about the BOLO at the gas stations, restaurants, and motels that we stopped at. We did see one white SUV pulled over in the park, and we were very glad that our SUV was charcoal gray!
On the third day of our trip, as we were traveling through, we detoured towards the Cody Wyoming border because we heard of a grizzly hanging out. Sure enough, we were able to get a very close view of a grizzly bear in a meadow close to that border. As I think about this darling little girl, my heart is broken over her terrifying experience, but my heart is also over-flowing that she is safe.
I am also extremely happy that they have found and arrested someone. Now, on to reading the thread to find out what happened while we were vacationing.