Thats a good idea.

Also the ECM on the car might have some useable data as well. I've heard that some cars will save a data log if there is a collision. On some cars, I think there is a switch that deactivates the passenger airbag if no one is sitting in the seat. Maybe there is some way to tell if someone else was in the car.

I think those pics are from before he left San Marcos.

I've seen the pics, and read the recent report, and understand what was found.

These basic questions can be dismissed with a video snapshot at the red light in town, or something. if you dont have it, say it in the release, but again, nothing provided recently is any more helpful than they were a few days in. I'm suprised the recent update wasn't enough to eliminate ANY.

So, five scenerios are still on the table:

1) Got lost and overcorrected. Head trauma and wondered off. Search efforts insufficent.

2) Under the influence (possible based on evidence). Not in his right might and wondered off.

3) Under the influence (possible based on evidence). Got in an accident solo because of above. Had wherewithal to know what happened but decided disappearing/off the radar was best option.

4) Something totally nefarious involving multiple parties. One's mind can go down any speculative rabbit hole but no evidence presented to date to support this.

5) Something totally nefarious and was never driving and technology used to smoke screen investigators. Highly unlikely, IMO

Yep, he had an hour from the time he crossed 80/183 and accident site. Could have panicked (car appeared to be undriveable) and ran off.

Certainly the only clothes he had with him weren't just the tshirt and shorts and slide sandals he was wearing/ found? Wasn't it like 40 degrees?

Could he have had a 2nd phone to "conduct business"?

One of the biggest questions I have had this entire time is why did he leave so late? I've left late at night and/or driven all night on trips before but not to my parent's house. My parents wouldn't have been happy with me showing up at 2AM. I can't imagine many would; I know I wouldn't be okay with my daughter doing that. Why not just get an early start?

May simply be a bad photo, but that weed looks off to me. Looks more like what I imagine that synthetic **** would look like.

The land/air search seems thorough. Not to be insensitive toward this tragedy, but if an individual, sans clothing, walked away from the accident scene in the weather conditions described, where would he go? If he walked from the scene and perished from the elements, it possible that coyotes and hogs would scavange a corpse to the point where few remains are to be found.

Back to the nuanced details that matter. Was he an outdoor kid, eagle scout, etc that could hike 100 miles w/ a gallon of water and bag of snacks? Or was be a gamer type that was scared of his own shadow when be went outside at night?

chickencoupe16 said:

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One of the biggest questions I have had this entire time is why did he leave so late? I've left late at night and/or driven all night on trips before but not to my parent's house. My parents wouldn't have been happy with me showing up at 2AM. I can't imagine many would; I know I wouldn't be okay with my daughter doing that. Why not just get an early start?

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I've done it plenty of times. Get off work. Eat dinner. Pack. Leave at 10 or 11. I've made the drive from SA to Houston or CS at 10 or 11 more times than I can count.

Probably doesn't matter really. 40 degrees at night with no clothes or shoes on you ain't gonna get that far.

(Unless you are that dude from the Pine Barrens episode of Sopranos)

ABATTBQ11 said:

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chickencoupe16 said:

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One of the biggest questions I have had this entire time is why did he leave so late? I've left late at night and/or driven all night on trips before but not to my parent's house. My parents wouldn't have been happy with me showing up at 2AM. I can't imagine many would; I know I wouldn't be okay with my daughter doing that. Why not just get an early start?

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I've done it plenty of times. Get off work. Eat dinner. Pack. Leave at 10 or 11. I've made the drive from SA to Houston or CS at 10 or 11 more times than I can count.

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I'll right there with you. I've made my fair share of stupid driving decisions (all nighters to Georgia, Ruidoso, San Diego, rolling into College Station at 4AM, leaving College Station at 2AM after packing for the end of the semester, etc.). I understand why a college kid would make that drive at that time because I did it, but I didn't have parents to worry about. I never would have left home or shown up to home that late if my parents had been alive; unless there was some extenuating circumstance that I thought my parents would understand or that I felt outweighed the wrath of my parents. All of my friends that I've talked to have agreed with this. It very well could be just the type of people I hang around with, but I have thought his time of departure was strange for a while.

Edit to add that I and my parents likely would have felt differently if I had a 7 hour drive or something but his drive was just under 3 hours.

Turning off the Waze is also a question for me. I use Waze pretty regularly on long trips even when I know where I am going. I only turn it off when I get to my destination or if I need to save battery or data. If I get lost at night, I would not turn off Waze.

Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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Thats a good idea.

Also the ECM on the car might have some useable data as well. I've heard that some cars will save a data log if there is a collision. On some cars, I think there is a switch that deactivates the passenger airbag if no one is sitting in the seat. Maybe there is some way to tell if someone else was in the car.

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That is correct with regard to airbags, it's been that way for quite some time now. My dad passed out while driving in his 04 Suburban and totaled it while probably going about 45. Only the drivers side airbag blew.

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The insurance companies demanded that due to how expensive it is to replace airbags.

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huh. I thought it was to sense if someone small was in the seat, as a safety feature.

Hard to criticize the dad. Seems like he was stuck doing the job that the law enforcement failed to do. And he was probably the one who insisted that law enforcement start investigating it.

The lack of a proper crime scene investigation in this case is a big failing.

No fault on dad at all. I think small town PD possibly wasn't used to handling this type of case?

Burdizzo said:

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Turning off the Waze is also a question for me. I use Waze pretty regularly on long trips even when I know where I am going. I only turn it off when I get to my destination or if I need to save battery or data. If I get lost at night, I would not turn off Waze.

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If I open or even use another app while running Waze, it oftentimes shuts down Waze forcing me to restart. Could have happened here.