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The dogs that were brought to her apartment traced her scent from her apt. down the hall, down the stairs, out to the curb and then lost the trail. Indicating that she must have gotten into a car.

Actually, this is one thing that has bugged me. Wouldn't have Chandra gone outside at all on other occasions the last few days before she vanished? I mean, just going down the corner for a latte or something. I don't know if I trust the police dogs here, well more specifically their trainers. They probably led the dogs all the way downstairs and the dogs smelled nothing outside because it was over a week later and her scent had vanished.

As much as I think it's possible she got into a car or cab that day... I find that because they found no other trace of her at all outside means her scent had vanished through time.

I might do some research on that tonight. How long would somebody's scent remain on a sidewalk anyways. It was well over a week later that the dogs were used.

My husband tells me that he watched a news show one night where a dog was used to try to find a missing child. The dog traced the child's scent from home, down several roads to a freeway. Down several miles of freeway, (keep in mind the child would have been in the car). Stopped at one exit, proceeded forward and then went back to the exit. At that point the handler had to bring the dog in. He was ready to drop from exhaustion and still wouldn't quit. They came back the next day and found the child's body off that exit ramp where the dog had indicated he wanted to go the previous day.

Pretty impressive! Now I know all dogs aren't as good as this one, but I don't get the impression Chandra ran around near her home. She seemed to be pretty reclusive except for Condit. I also don't remember how she got to work and home. It would have been too far to walk I would think and I don't remember her having a car.

" How long would somebody's scent remain on a sidewalk anyways."

But the scent was on the sidewalk. The dogs only lost her scent at the curb. To me, this means there may have been street cleaning in the interim. All that water and biodegradable disinfectant, all that rotary brush action. That could explain it -- just as stepping into a car could also explain it.