OK Guys. There is a HUGE, HUGE RED FLAG for me here with the choker being found. Before the choker was found, I felt positive that whoever was following her threw away the phone. But now that we know the choker was found at the dumpster, the last place the dog tracked her to, it has raised questions for me. Maricela had to have been the one to destroy the phone. Remember the dogs tracked her all the way to behind the Kaiser building, so she was on foot where that phone was found. I just can't believe she struggled with someone there, they trashed her phone and then she got away from them, made her way to an even more remote location behind the Kaiser building and they caught her again.
So here are my questions:
1) Why would she destroy and throw away the one link to her safety and rescue (the cell phone) prior to being abducted. Unless it was paranoia and she felt someone was tracking her thru her cell phone. Think about it. If you were running from someone, you would clutch it tightly, hoping to be able to call for help at some point. Right? The choker was found at the dumpster, the place that the dog lost her scent, which stands to reason that is where she either went in the dumpster (and didn't come out) or she was put in a vehicle. Why would the abductor go back toward a more crowded area to throw a crushed cell phone away? What is the coincidence that it would be thrown in a dumpster so close to the GW she was at prior to her disappearance.
2) Is it possible this is all staged to get away from someone who is scaring her? Is there anyone that would help her get out of town to get away from some not so nice person who meant her harm and the only way to do so was to fake an abduction? Maybe that was her secret and she was upset because she knew not telling was the only way to keep the rest of her family safe.
I hate to say but I am leaning toward paranoia or staged now. BUT, I do believe she left that Goodwill in fear for her life and the lives of her loved ones.
Nothing else makes sense to me now. The phone and the choker at two different locations along the get away route doesn't add up.
ETA: I am in Georgia, but will help any way I can. This case has intrigued me and I want her found, SAFE!