[Bonaparte]

" All of her clothes were NOT packed. There were some left hanging in her closet and some of her toiletries were not packed, they were still in her bathroom, thus the speculation that the bags that were packed and by her door were from a return visit to Condit's condo."

I've done a fair amount of traveling. The day before I intend to catch my train or plane, I pack up everything except what I will need to wear or use that night (such as pj's and toiletries) and what I will need to wear or use the next morning after I shower and before I check out. Then I pack up those remaining items just before I go down to the front desk to turn in my key and settle up. It would make sense that Chandra, living in an apartment, rather than a hotel room, would have other things left out as well, such as the blanket. She probably got the apartment "immaculately clean" because she wanted to get her cleaning deposit returned to her. Money was a consideration. That's why she supposedly opted to take a train rather than a plane.

Your thoughts about the men walking their dogs are intriguing. I don't know what to make of it, but there could be something there.

[terilyn]

Good points, but one flaw. Chandra did not have a ticket - either by plane or train - as of the time she disappeared. She told her landlord she planned to be out about May 5th I believe. So it would have been 4-5 days longer that she planned to live there. In the past Condit had allowed her to use his frequent flyer miles to go home to visit her family. That's why, (IMHO), there's a lot of speculation that she had met him, (or believed she was going to meet with him), to get a ticket from him for her trip home.

All the records, (credit card, etc), had been checked. She surfed websites for Amtrak and the airlines but no ticket was purchased. Her parents had confirmed this at the time.

Her e-mail to them on May 1st said that she was still undecided about how she was getting home and when exactly she would be there and that she would let them know.