The thing that makes no sense to me is the family/SM's insistence upon foul play given the proximity of the ocean. In 2019, an estimated 236,000 people died from drowning according to
the WHO. The reasons that a body wouldn't immediately wash ashore are too numerous to state.
To me it's as if there were a pit of poisonous snakes next to the ashram and yet TikTok and the family were saying not to even bother to look there.
Transgender people are subject to violence more than the rest of the population, which is horrible. But it certainly doesn't make violence the likeliest cause of death, especially when there's a vast body of water steps away
and the missing person's phone was found in it.
I swear TikTok is destroying common sense.
I can understand your POV.
I think it is fair too though that people would question that if Taylor would go swimming later in the evening considering the risk of being less visible to passing by boats and jet skiers who could unintentionally come too close or within in her proximity. For example, a chef at the retreat did tragically lose his life when a jet skier driving too close to the shoreline struck him before fleeing the scene. I think too people would question if she went swimming why go alone or not tell someone just in case, like she gets hurt or there is a family emergency but no one could reach her so they have to send someone. Also, I think it fair for people to question that if she went swimming by the dock pictured earlier why would she bring her cellphone in the water with her and if, among some of the items found by LE was a towel, her shoes and clothes found nearby also presuming she wore or brought her bathing suit with her and acknowledging LE hasn’t identified every item they found just yet?
What about her passport? It wasn’t with the rest of her items according to LE. Could that, like her phone, have been possibly somehow kept on her as well as she took an evening swim, even if she had a bathing suit on?
It is very likely Casey may have been aware of the risks of swimming, particularly alone or in the dark, such as drowning, getting caught in a riptide, getting hurt or injured by a passing boat or jet ski without anyone around to help you get back to shore and receive medical attention. Also, though shark attacks are rare swimmers are still advised to avoided swimming after dusk and to avoid swimming alone in case, again, you need help calling for emergency response services, or help fighting off the shark and getting to shore. I guess it would help to know more how comfortable was Taylor in the water, with swimming and when.
Of course it is also possible that perhaps she was just relaxing, enjoying the view and while standing in shallow water when sadly she was caught and dragged away further into the water by a riptide leading her to drown. Perhaps this could explain why some of her belongings were found but her passport was not and was phone was found 50-feet deep in the ocean. If she was only planning to stand in the shallows for a little while she could have just chosen to leave some of her stuff back on shore so she wouldn’t have to keep carrying them but kept her passport on her via her pocket and carried her phone in her hand. The passport may still be on her whereas her phone drifted or was lost during the inciting event.
I definitely am not ruling drowning out as a possibility or even saying it didn’t likely occur because I don’t truly know and thus have no room to judge. I am definitely open to learning more about and thinking over other theories in addition to foul play just because at this point in time we truly don’t know what happened to Taylor or what her thoughts or habits were for that day and night so who I am judge or dismiss a theory as wrong or right. Overall, I do want Taylor Casey to be able to come back home and for her family to feel acknowledged and supported while they finally get some answers about what happened to their beloved daughter, sister and friend.
Just my own thoughts or questions
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