Great point, I agree. The spot of the car fire, in my opinion, was not random.
I agree. I think 2344 Herron Road was a well familiar rendezvous point for many Courtland friends and lovers. I think the fact that the car was pulled far off the road, up the incline, and in the darkness was a familiar technique for people to go unobserved. Jessica's mother said she last saw Jessica leave around 6 pm. We then find Jessica at the end of Carlisle Road, pulling into M&M at 6:24:39pm. For a few mintues, she could have been next door with Charlotte Wilkerson before she arrived at M&M. Perhaps to bemoan a pressing problem.
Jessica seems to be preoccupied before she exits her vehicle, perhaps on the phone. "Sha-sha" Wilkerson is listed in her phonebook. Perhaps they were discussing a continued conversation of "the problem". Then, later, we have Jessica on the phone with her mother, sometime either 6:48 (end of call) or 7:10 (end of call), apparently discussing for a lengthy period alternative plans to the ones she and Jessica may have discussed prior to 6pm.
On Dec 10, we have Charlotte Wilkerson saying, "...they left the part--...er, I left the party... and something went wrong?&^%$".
As you know, there is not a lot of time between 7:10pm and 8:13pm for anyone to "party" in the sense of enjoying friends and camaraderie. However if a party was already in progress, and if Jessica knew that she was going to meet with someone from that party, then a mutually acceptable, and close by, rendezvous locale might suggest 2344 Herron Rd. (*note: I use the 2344, but I've also used 2355 and 2364...Google really isn't very accurate. The 2344, I believe, is the reference from the
Panolian article, written on Dec 9).
Why would Jessica go to the trouble to meet with anyone? Perhaps she badly needed to discuss something
extremely pressing.