I didn’t quite get why Daryl said she was “gone”, either. He has to know she was taken, and didn’t just hop into an incredibly convenient car and take off without him.
Yes, that was a pile of human bones, and yes, Terminus is full of cannibals.
“...that was a pile of human bones, and yes, Terminus is full of cannibals.”
The entrance speech by the one Terminus guy, something like “going west, or south, people just seem to find their way here. And the more people the better - they give us strength.”