Hmmm, so SP was in Guadalajara, but checked out of hotel. What did he do? Did he drive back up or on way back from airport he had accident? It may not even be him. I'll bet he's on the beach at Acapulco. (Speculating only...)
That reminds me texasbluebell of the time of the Kosovo war I was trying to contact my son who is in the military. He was based here in the states, but I had tried to phone him for about two weeks, because we phone each other all the time. I got very concerned, thinking that he had been deployed to Kosovo and didn't have the chance to let me know. When we did touch basis that little squirt had been vacationing on the beach in Spain.
We had better get used to it. Interstate flight to avoid prosecution requires that he has been formally charged and a warrant has been issued for arrest. Absent that, Scotty can go where ever he likes and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
His boldness reflects his belief that Laci's body will bever be found. I think he knows the police have, at best, a weak circumstantial case against him that most likely will not strengthen over time.
This case has all the earmarks of the unsolved Smart and Ramsey cases. I'm sure the police are stymied but there is little they can do. They will bide their time hoping that he'll slip up (pillow talk with the next Amber, etc.,)and give himself away.
Let's face it. Laci is not coming home. Scott is wrapping up that part of his life and moving on. From here I don't see anything stopping him.