Young couple goes on van tour of US, boy comes back with van - no girl

I believe Brian Laundrie is or became a control freak while the vanlife trip was happening. Many that paid close attention to that moab police cam footage seem to believe he's also a narcissist. Now imagine a guy like that on the run, he's not in some random place where its hard to control the variables. He is in a place he knows and is comfortable with. If its true that he is a control freak, he will increasingly start making mistakes once he's out of his comfort zone, the more he loses control of whats going on, the more mistakes he's going to make. I also think he's moving at night, backtracking between several points.

The main issue I have with the whole Carlton Preserve thing is that he knows its the rainy season, that would complicate things in trying to move around. Paths becoming flooded out, he probably was there, but I doubt he's still there. He may have left stuff behind there on purpose to keep the authorities busy.