Good idea. I would, but today was very long and I had no free time.
Let me ask then ... as we all know here, we've done a lot of spec on the location where she was killed, would he pick a place close to home, was the Hana Highway out to Keanae or Nahiku part of his territory where he felt comfortable, was she kidnaped, drugged somehow, or was she tricked into driving Steven out there, IF she ever went out there alive.
We've heard a rumor that we've discussed that Steven tried to get her to go out Hana Highway multiple times with him not long before the night she disappeared, but we've never heard any details. Well, some of us may have who are on Maui, but I didn't, and none were discussed here.
What would we think if it turned out she survived an early attempt where he either chickened out or for some reason decided to abort, before actually revealing his murderous attempt, but still going way past the boundaries of non-scary behavior? What if HE drove her out Hana Highway at night, towards or even to Nahiku, and she said she wanted to turn around and he ignored her? What if she cried and cried and begged and he was silent and kept on driving? Why would he do that if he wasn't putting his plan into motion to kill her and Joshua? But then he just turned around, and she lived to tell someone.
Why do we think he would abort? Perhaps he realized it wasn't going to go quietly and he needed to tweak the plan? Maybe she used to be more compliant before she became a mother to be, and he had miscalculated? Why were empty rolls of duct tape found by her clothes and blanket? Did he tie her up and restrain her?
Why were the stab wounds focused in one area if she was awake and not restrained? Wouldn't a struggle include thrashing and wriggling and spread out the area where she was stabbed?
It just breaks my heart that she would go with him again after that, but we don't actually know whether she did.
In any case, a lot points to Steven wanting to do this monstrous deed in the lonely wilds of the Hana Highway. Maybe significant to him, maybe the place he lived didn't give him enough seclusion because he shared it. Nor was her place isolated.
There is a line in the Disappeared show where it is reported their relationship had a history of secret liaisons out in the woods, that Charli confided to at least one friend, but Steven didn't talk about it. I'll post it below. I wonder if they had a spot out in Hana that was part of the history, or more than one. Explains why she might start to go out there with him. Say if the vehicle breakdown was never even a story he tried on her. Because it seems weird to most everyone that a pregnant woman with work the next day would agree to go to Keanae so he could get his vehicle, as many people have commented. But maybe that was just an after the fact cover story and they had a sort of pattern of going out there at night (see post below).
