Reply #25: It was premeditated

[chookie]

She purchased the bus ticket weeks ago. She planned it carefully, having put some luggage together, and arranging to meet a cab during her "run." She also led investigators to believe she had been the victim of a crime by --apparently -- throwing the clothes she was last seen in from the window of the bus -- 3 articles of hers were found in 3 different places, separated by dozens of miles. The fact that she threw her clothing out of the bus leads me to believe she had planned lying about being abducted early on.

And why would she choose Vegas, of all places, if she needed to be alone to think about things? Seems she felt entitled to party hearty in the Mother of All Fleshpots for having been under pressure by her family. And maybe she loves seeing people "prove" how much they love her by crying over her, searching for her, offering a $100,000 reward for her. (We have a missing district attorney from my area whose family is only offering $1500. If he's still alive, that must make him feel terrible.)

If she had jitters -- why did it all have to culminate with her lying to the police about being abducted, and most importantly, lying with great skill and acting talent? Someone who is otherwise rational would have fessed up and said "ENOUGH! The pressure drove me NUTS" instead of inventing a wild and crazy story about being the victim of a crime. These details lead me to conclude she has a serious psychiatric disorder.

She will continue to lie, but get back to telling the type she usually does, that can't be verified or discredited -- like getting her family to let her off the hook for what she inflicted on them by telling them that they weren't being supportive enough of her that last week. She comes from an extremely supportive environment, which is so religious in orientation that they are incapable of seeing any negativity in her -- so it is likely she will neither have to face criminal charges, or psychiatric treatment. It's a shame, because, if I am correct in discerning signs of serious mental illness, this makes the already poor prognosis even worse.