The Eastbound on I-40 was near Holbrook (not Williams) and that was confirmed by Arizona Department of Public Safety (official name of their State Police). That was about 11:00 AM on Tuesday, July 23. In order to be Eastbound near Holbrook it means that in prior hours or days he had to have been west of Holbrook. My instinct says that he was going to vacation/tourist spots - big name places rather than lesser known National Parks and Monuments and he had already been to at least one, if not two of them, likely Yosemite and/or the Grand Canyon. If law enforcement is on the ball they should have US Park Rangers checking the vehicles at the camping areas. I am optimistic that if law enforcement doesn't locate him first, that he will turn up where he is living in West Virginia by Friday or Saturday.
Is there a link for: he was carrying gas cans so he wouldn't have to stop for gas very often? Or is that just a theory being tossed out?
We don't know how much money he had with him. We don't know whether he conducted any banking transactions up to July 22nd. I haven't seen anything out of law enforcement saying that he has no money.
His cellphone had to be operating at least through telling Mom that he was going on a week-long vacation. I think it is likely that he used it beyond that. Law enforcement should know when he left West Virginia. How far he traveled per day, and what routes up until that trail ends. We haven't heard any of that. At a minimum law enforcement will know where his phone was when he told Mom he was going on the week-long vacation.
If his phone is no longer powered on, he could be using a different one purchased just about anywhere at anytime, or he could be using his phone in Airplane mode via Wi-fi (where available).
