@cortina My view of why no one has come forward is because the sighting didn't happen. This was a red herring thrown in by the Perps to make it look as though Claudia was taken on her way to work rather than police perhaps looking into where she had been that night.
So this is what we have-The originator of this sighting remains anon. No one comes forward and so strong material towards thinking that the occurrence existed only in the mind of the perps.
Re above paragraphy by you. ^^^ Thank you for saying what I'd been wondering, it makes it more believeable to see someone mention what you yourself have been considering
The same with the staging of her house to make it look as though she had been there but as Joan Lawrence observed, perhaps a little tidier than Claudia would have left it and that included the made bed???
George Foreman attending the scene was also an Oportunity for him to be able to claim that any dabs or dna recovered from forensics were from his once only visit to her house.
^^^ I need reminding who George Foreman is, with or without his grill. Interesting!
This of course may have been true.
JKs DNA would be all over the place and so again a good fall back position for her and for anyone who could claim that she had invited them to her house previously.
I seem to recall that someone had said that sometimes when a Nags Head lock in was not convenient for George Foreman that some would go back to Claudias house?
^^^Oh so GF was the manager of the pub?