According to
this article, "the agency
does not suspect foul play and
no charges are expected."
In addition, this article presents a different chronology: "Doughty was last seen at Bay Street Bar and Grill in Jacksonville around 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 11, 2022. He was dropped off in a
taxi to Kingsland an hour later," that is, around 4:30 p.m.
This is possible, as Kingsland is only
about 30 minutes away from Jacksonville, but conflicts with
Namus' account that Doughty "was last seen
in the parking lot of Car Quest after being dropped off by an Uber driver" at approximately 1:00 a.m., that is, eight hours later on what was now September 12.
I wish we had a better timeline. The article cites his mother's Facebook post that "it is believed he stopped
in Callahan and/or Fernandina, Fla., on this journey." This would fill in
some of the time gap. But as there is no confirmation, those sightings could simply be due to mistaken identity.
Either way, with no evidence of foul play, accidental death or suicide become the only possibilities.