Duluth, GA is a suburb of Atlanta, so the taxi and bus angle is not much; however, I think it is odd for someone to cut her hair when she is nearly 2000 miles from home, UNLESS she thinks people are looking for her.
You are right about the hair, but I still think someone
should have checked to see if a young woman left Duluth
in a taxi that day. It's a 28 mile ride to Atlanta.