Where would she run to with no phone,money, or shoes?Also drunk and messed up to boot at 4:00 in the morning
1. LS may have had an extra phone, the pre-paid type that cannot easily be tracked. Did someone advise her to buy one with cash? Or she may have been aware of a pay phone somewhere.
2. We do not know if she were actually intoxicated at 4:30 am. The booze would wear off, and some of these reports seem to be just rumors.
3. The shoes could easily be replaced. As I mentioned before, $2 for some flip-flops. Of course, she would have to wait until stores started opening.
4. The money? Certain groups can often provide money for people who they are recruiting to join.
5. Maybe the items "lost" are items she was careless with, because she felt that she no longer needed them. She didn't need the old cell, the keys, the (probably stylish) shoes.
6. She looks very happy as she leaves Smallwood; a sense of joy and relief? As though she were quitting something.
7. As I posted before, maybe the "going-out" was just a way of saying goodbye.
8. Many people are up for work at 4:00 am. Not impossible that someone was available & able to give her a ride at that time.
And, I do realize that nothing is proven by these observations and guesses. But possibly investigators could look for any ties LS may have had to "anti-modern" groups, whether political or religious, and not necessarily located in IN. Just a suggestion.
