We know the phone got the ravine at 10:05am and didn't leave again, at least not while it was turned on. And it stayed on for about a day before it started going to voicemail.
If it's foul play and you don't want anyone to know it, you can't have the Jeep and phone be separated. Maybe the clothes were left that day as well, and they decided that if someone found Daniel's phone and clothes without the Jeep, it would all but prove foul play.
But you know, you are right, and its one of the biggest reasons I don't shut the door on the Jeep coming back that same day, because if you go through the trouble to drive it out of there, why not just get rid of it all together? How would you transport it without someone finding it?
Do you remember/know about the blurry photo of a Jeep that was taken 2 days before Daniel's was found?
On July 17th, David got a call from a guy saying he saw a Jeep that looked like Daniel's by Jack Rabbit Wash, this is close to the location of the 1st well site on Verrado. He told David the jeep had damage to it as well. David contacted Biffin who immediately told him the Jeep couldn't be Daniel's because the wheel color didn't match. You take a look at the photos below and tell me if you can make that determination, they look similar to me side by side-
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David headed out there and by the time he arrived the vehicle was gone. The photo you see on the right was actually taken a few hundred yards north of the 1st well site on Verrado-
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If this was Daniel's Jeep, how did they move it? Had to be a flatbed, Jeff said they used a flatbed to tow the vehicle from the ravine, maybe they got one up there, proving its possible? If i was guessing I'd say they pulled it out of the ravine, rolled it down the hill, then loaded it on flat ground, but i have no idea really.