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I have difficulty with this too. The friend oculd still have given her a lift. This would have meant a chat, and knowing Claudia's plans for the afternoon/evening - unless, as as been suggested, she was very secretive. I have seen accounts of people turning up at Claudia's house in the afternoon subsequently (after an accidental/non-accidental tip-off she was home?) But most of Claudia's friends would know she'd be at home. If someone passing didn't, and saw her get out of the car and thank the friend,possibly saying when she'd next see them, they might have heard something which enabled them to plan an attack. The friend didn't necessarily have anything to do with it. But it would put Claudia at home more quickly, which, external influences may have wanted, and somehoe helped things to happen by suggestion rather than coercion? Was anyone close to Claudia's friend as well as her boss at work? Could they have texted Claudia's friend to imply Claudia needed help with a lift and put her at home more quickly? Then again, it seems like Claudia was definitely at home in the evening. Eitehr way, being at home earlier meant that she was ready to receive any possibly unexxpected visitors (as described in accounts - I don't know how apocryphal they are). If she spoke to someone in the afternoon on the phone too. that seems possible. Then either a night-time call to lure her out or she walks to work int the morning and is taken away in a car/van?I don't think she went out again after walking home. The NYP microsite suggests that Claudia did not share a lift home with her friend that day
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