Spot on I wanted to say this too about the hat. We cannot be 100 % sure either about that it was Theo with his phone either, even if all signs point to it. Paranoid people can come up with elaborate plans. If something happened to Theo at Tennyson and someone else had his phone it would be the perfect spot to walk it to, to Cosy Corner to make it look like Theo had an accident there, just a week earlier a boy fell off the cliff there it was all through the news. Googling maps en route knowing someone will look at his mobile data later, so make it appear like Theo is lost. If his phone was open whoever possibly took his phone would see the map. Few brief French replies at Cosy Corner. Yes looks like Theo on the phone, is most likely. But is it impossible somebody else could be with it. No. It is not impossible. Cap magically appears after the same exact place has already been searched. Could it have been missed? Yes. Could it have been planted there later to confirm to anyone questioning Theo's route that Theo did walk this way towards the water, Cosy Corner dangerous cliff. Yes. Because it cannot be ruled out. Stranger things have happened. Killers have used victim's phones to pretend to be them many a time and planted "evidence" to mislead. As much as I don't think this happened, is unlikely I don't think it should be ruled out unless there is solid proof. And yes as you say Theo's companion if he had one also knew the route, so could have put hat there. I find it interesting the hat was found the very next day after the indigenous ceremony on the beach asking for answers. Next day a clue is presented, a big clue. There are sick people out there and if someone did something to Theo they are sick, brain does not work like a normal well adjusted person. We cannot expect them to think like a normal person. They very well could be, highly likely they are, following the pages and going on's. Saw the indigenous ceremony looking for clues, answers was happening, and bingo next day the hat is there in a previously searched area, remember the search team already had the maps so yes would have searched his exact route previously and yet hat is found later on this exact route, exact to 3 meters. Search team again expresses their surprise in the podcast, how could this hat be possibly missed. So if planted maybe whoever ties in could be playing a sick game with everyone, feeling very clever. If phone was used to mislead, then the hat planted then they are doing a good job of it. We know it was Theo on his phone on Kingsley St as there is footage. He looked up Wake Up a minute or so later. Yes looks almost sure it was Theo on his phone all the way to Cosy but not everything is always as it seems. Cannot be 100% sure on this.
