Well, we’ll see. If someone’s truck is found burning on a “service road” (in other words mountain access) he either ditched it on purpose and burned it because he had another vehicle and wanted a distraction, or he’s one hell of a lousy driver.
I’m guessing that he knew all the highways were covered, so he climbed Big Bear, got a better 4X4 vehicle, burned the other one so the cops would crowd it for a few hours, and probably blew through Lucerne Valley and into the desert matrix of offroad area before the Big Bear folks had the sense to radio ahead.
I’m thinking that he was probably in the military once and knows 29 Palms/Bicycle Lake and has a good weeks worth of food, a 4X4 vehicle, and a place to hide under. Not hard to find if you look.
After thinking through my own experiences in Cali, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s on top of Ord mountain with a rifle, binoculars, and some food with his vehicle stowed in some nook in Ord Valley.
reasonable hypothesis
he was probably in the military
please correct me someone (if incorrect). This perp is ex-military.
Right On! He’s long gone from the Big Bear Area. He had everything prepositioned like you said. He went down Hwy 18 and is probably in Las Vegas watching the whole search on TV laughing about the LEO’s and others about to freeze their bunnies off tonight and Friday as a major storm moves through the mountains.
Just yesterday or the day before, he supposedly tried to steal a boat in San Diego.