That makes no sense, the dog should have died from no water and food, who were the witnesses, where do they live, where did they see the Jamisons, why did they not check the truck and how many times did they see it? That is the key as that seems rather suspious. In that country, if a vehicle is seen somewhere, it is checked out by locals to see if someone needs help and watched until moved. People are clickish and clanish in Little Dixie and suspious of everything and everyone, I doubt anyone saw that vehicle sitting there and did not check it out, see the dog inside and not call someone.
I dont know anything about the case other then what I finding and dont like to go over everything as that tends to convalute things, I would rather track their last steps and movements.
Having said that, I would feel that someone that lived there close would know a lot more then what they have let out, possibly know who took them. It seems very evident that the were taken either by force or trickery. I do not feel that they would be anywhere near the location of the vehicle. Now where to take them? The closest and most desolute area would be Middle Mountain that would have access and places to rid the bodies without trespassers and looker ons, that mountain is also a marker that can be seen from a good distance, so it would be in their minds as the perp could glance at it and decide it would be a good place to go. Perps would have to know the area, was there a gas well or some kind of lay down yard close to Jamison's truck?
If so, Perps could have worked with gas and oil because they would know the dirt roads and lanes, or they could be hunters and poachers that use those roads and know them.
Jody Wilson was from right down the road about 12 miles or so in Wister, her body was dumped on Poteau Mountain, 14 miles away and is next to Middle Mountain, because, in my opinon, her husband worked on gas wells and knew the roads and HE, along with his father, dumped her body there, never thinking that a hang glider would fly over and find her. Middle Mountain has no place for hang gliding
I just know the country, area, and the people and how to track
As to MO, could have stumbled upon something or could have been set up by someone that needed what they had or was to get, few other choices
As to how they were taken, likely more than one perp using guns, perps will be known by someone very close to the location taken or where truck found. Likely used threats to woman and girl to control. Should have been footprints but if it takes 10 days to know they are gone, then there is a problem there.
Possible family member involved or someone they trusted. Possible church, gang, group, cult type thing, drug activity very possible, if so, could explain money and dog left because meth heads brains are screwed up with no normal rational thinking and they may have overlooked it, who knows?
I dont think they could have gotten very far from the whole area there