Bluedreamer in all of your research did you find anything…odd… about Ken or his story? Absolutely NOT saying he’s involved, just wondering if some things I read that he said hit anyone else as weird.
Is there any chance he picked someone up.
In regards to Daniel picking someone up, i thought about that as well.
(Daniel shutting off his own Bluetooth after 7:12am at the 1st well site had me questioning this too.) I don't know why Daniel would have turned around after talking to Stephen just to stop a gas station again for his own personal reasons. There is also a small private airport
(mostly for agriculture, but it does have private charters) right across the street from that 2nd gas station which is in the very least, interesting. But who would he pick up? And why wouldn't Ken mention it if he did? Right now I think him picking someone up is a stretch, but possible.
I don't understand why Stephen isn't mentioned more in the police report and it's weird how they say that can't figure out where Daniel went from 8:16am to 9:00am when its easy to figure out. Stephen probably would have said something about that call at 8:35am.
Ken is a pump Technician for Weber water resources, interestingly enough, Stephens son was a project manager of Weber water resources when Daniel went missing, he is now the Vice President of operations.
When it comes to Ken, I really believe he has to be telling at least some version of the truth. In order for the miles on the infotainment system to line up with Daniel being by the ravine at 10:02am like his MILE IQ on his phone app showed then he would have had to stop at the 2nd well site first. This is regardless of whether or not you are using the route I theorized about or the route police believe the Jeep took. I actually don't know how their route lines up with the 23.6 miles, I'm going to have to check on that.
All the other mileage stuff i have gone over lines up to the decimal point, It would make sense for this last one to as well and I'm thinking it can regardless of the route Daniel took.
There are a few problems with Ken's story, but I don't know if they are malicious or not, just interesting.
#1- Ken said he met with Daniel at the 2nd well site, they were there for 15 minutes and then Daniel drove away. The problem with that is Daniel's MILE IQ app on his phone, that had logged a stop every time Daniel stopped for more than 5 minutes that morning, didn't log a stop with Ken at the 2nd well site even though Ken said he was there for 15 minutes.
I can look past this discrepancy. When David interviews Ken he says that Ken actually met Daniel at the 2nd well site gate and that they drove in from there. If Daniel spent a few minutes at the gate waiting for Ken, then a few minutes driving, then a few minutes at the well site then It wouldn't record the MILE IQ stop and it'd still be around 15 minutes like Ken said.
#2- Ken said multiple times in the NEVER SEEN AGAIN interview that Daniel walked over to his Jeep, started it and drove away from the job site. The problem with that is there are no infotainment logs showing Daniel's Jeep started during that time. The last 2 logs are at 9:06am when Daniel's Jeep Renegade starts at the 2nd gas station and at 12:54pm where i believe it started by the ravine. There are no ignitions for when Ken said Daniel started his Jeep and drove away at around 9:45am.
I can look past this discrepancy too. Ken is just retelling a story on air months after the fact, this could be just an easy mistake, assuming Daniel started his Jeep. We also know Daniel left his jeep running at the 1st well site for over 40 minutes so it wouldn't be a stretch to say he left it on for 15 with Ken.
This next one someone just sent to me recently and I found it more interesting than the previous two.
#3- In the police report, Detective Biffin reports that he asked Ken what he was wearing, with Ken telling him about Daniel's clothes and he also remarked that Daniel's shoes were untied. This detail is a little weird, It was raining that day pretty hard in some spots, I don't know why Daniel would want to drag his shoelaces through the mud and if you look at pictures inside the car it doesn't look like Daniel had muddy shoes and laces dirtying things up.
This detail really helps explain the Buckeye PD narrative of Daniel crashing his car into the ravine because one of Daniel's boots was found stuck underneath the vehicle when they found the Jeep. If Daniel's shoes were untied it'd be more believable that his boot ended up there. It's not really uncommon for shoes to come off peoples feet in an accident, but the inside of a Jeep Renegade underneath the steering wheel is extremely small.
I don't know if its anything at all and would probably dismiss it entirely if it wasn't for the theory I've gone over about the sunroof and boot being moved before CSI Prusick arrived on scene. When looked at in totality it's just another interesting detail about the case and how things could fit.
In summary, I believe Ken is telling a version of the truth, maybe the whole one. But maybe not. These are my opinions only, last time i checked David still thinks Kens story is extremely suspect.
What sticks out to you about his eyewitness account? I know about the "national" comment but I believe that has been sensationalized for the most part.