10-27-2016, 12:42 PM
From the OP article, LE was able to trace Annie's last stops that day from her bank records. I imagine they viewed surveillance video and/or spoke with workers and witnesses at Pho and the Beaverton gas station and confirmed that she was alone and acting of her own free will after she messaged her dad that she was going hiking.
It's also possible that LE was able to confirm from road surveillance that nobody followed Annie.
That doesn't mean she couldn't have been abducted from the trail, but it doesn't appear there's any evidence of foul play at this point.
Annie's phone and some outdoor gear were found in her car at the marked Gorge trail, which is where her phone last pinged. LE says it's possible the car was later broken into, which seems a little odd (unless vandalism instead of theft was the goal).
I think it's most likely, based on the little known to the public now, that Annie went too far off the beaten path and got lost or injured and died.
But, I wouldn't be surprised if LE is investigating whether Annie suffered from depression or had some conflict in her life that she wanted to escape. It's possible that she wanted to die outdoors, or to take off and start a new life, and left the phone in the disheveled car on the marked trail to avoid putting guilt/shame on her devout Mormon parents. Her dad is kinda famous as a member of Utah's Piano Guys band. Just speculating possible lines of investigation.
Lots of possibilities. I hope the mystery is solved soon.
It's also possible that LE was able to confirm from road surveillance that nobody followed Annie.
That doesn't mean she couldn't have been abducted from the trail, but it doesn't appear there's any evidence of foul play at this point.
Annie's phone and some outdoor gear were found in her car at the marked Gorge trail, which is where her phone last pinged. LE says it's possible the car was later broken into, which seems a little odd (unless vandalism instead of theft was the goal).
I think it's most likely, based on the little known to the public now, that Annie went too far off the beaten path and got lost or injured and died.
But, I wouldn't be surprised if LE is investigating whether Annie suffered from depression or had some conflict in her life that she wanted to escape. It's possible that she wanted to die outdoors, or to take off and start a new life, and left the phone in the disheveled car on the marked trail to avoid putting guilt/shame on her devout Mormon parents. Her dad is kinda famous as a member of Utah's Piano Guys band. Just speculating possible lines of investigation.
Lots of possibilities. I hope the mystery is solved soon.