Looking over the clothing items and the arrangement of the articles. Like a lot of other people on here, I'm trying to figure out why one victim was treated so much differently from the other; why one victim is clothed so differently from the other; why Libby's phone was left behind; why that bullet is between the victims; and the meaning of RA's keepsake bullet in the wooden box in a dresser in the master bedroom (??).
We'll know to the extent possible soon on at least some of these questions, I hope. In the meantime, just kind of mulling over the "interruption" mentioned by P. Interrupted how? I doubt it's human interference. They know who was on the trails at that time on that day, correct? But I can't be sure, and maybe they can't, either (?) However, assuming it wasn't human interruption (like some unrelated person on the trail), what are some possibilities? Someone fell off the bridge. Someone fell descending down the hill. Someone was injured, maybe one or both of the girls, maybe he was injured. I don't think Libby's phone ringing was the interruption because this would have emphasized in his mind the need to dispose of that phone, and it was left behind. Was there some physical altercation, did one of the girls throw a rock or something at him? Did an animal make noise or movement that spooked him?
On the unspent bullet between the girls, it was partially buried. This is (obviously) just a guess, but I think the killer had a rich fantasy life and this somehow played into the particulars of his fantasy. There's really no reason for that bullet to be there. And RA has that keepsake bullet in the wooden box that he kept in a dresser in his master bedroom. Why the "keepsake" bullet? Two bullets, two victims? The strange clothing situation, too, where one victim's wearing the other's clothes, might be part of his fantasy. But also wondering if he was extremely concerned about the clothing articles that went into the creek. He had to know those were going to be like a calling card to LE finding the CS. Maybe he was frantically trying to make sure no other clothing items ended up in the creek after his departure (dragged off by wind, rain, animals...) Just thoughts & guesses on this as I'm mulling it over.
