Experienced or not a lone person is easy prey for a mountain lion. We can hope for cosmic justice
They were reintroducing grizzly bears to that part of Washington a few years ago. Not sure what became of that but if they did he might have been eaten. Plus mama bears are out with their cubs this time of year which is perilous. It is entirely possible he wanted to get a nice hike in before they toss him in the slammer to be his own victim of “domestic” violence. A bear encounter would be a definite end to that plan.
“Experienced or not a lone person is easy prey for a mountain lion. We can hope for cosmic justice”
See David Paulides books about people disappearing in National Parks. Creepy stuff happens.
Why do you assume he is guilty?