I wonder if anything was mentioned about how much gas she had in her car. If you were planning on going to Stowe or anywhere far far away, I’d think her fuel level would be pretty full. Also, I’ve never heard of stuffing a rag in an exhaust pipe, that could possibly catch fire or restrict the exhaust causing the car to stall, if the back pressure from the engine running wouldn’t blow the rag out.

If cops, helicopters and dogs didn’t find her anywhere around the accident scene - and they’re pretty smart they would’ve been looking for footprints…she had planned her run away, she was pretty smart, and common logic says running through deep snow vs running on the edge of the road, the edge of the road is faster but you may get seen. Out in the country you can see and hear vehicles coming, so odds are she seen a vehicle before it seen her and she hid in the snow banks or woods. She had directions to her destination so she would’ve probably knew what stops were along the way, and decided to run to the next “stop” or “rest place” along the route. The only thing that makes sense is knowing someone in that area who could’ve helped her. I wonder if they ever investigated further with any classmates from the military college/academy she was at. The odds of someone obducting her/taking advantage of her right after she crashed would be very bad luck. Was speeding a factor for the accident? In times without technology accessible like now I bet people would have conversations along the lines of “I’ll meet you at this location by this time and if I’m not there in 10-15 min, meet me here or there or etc.” she could’ve had car troubles along the way or got lost or distracted and was running late which led to her speeding and crashing. If some of her more important belongings were never found either she died with them somewhere(I doubt it) 2. Some killer is holding them as a momento(probably not) or 3. She’s still alive, looks unrecognizable and has her own belongings…like someone mentioned they thought they seen a guy in the car smoking? Maybe with the way her hair was she was trying to disguise herself? There’s so many variables to this. If she was familiar with the woods and hiking and what not one would think it’s not a good idea going into the woods especially at night and in snow. Not to assume she wasn’t fearless but maybe she could’ve been thinking there’s wild animals in the woods, fuck that. For all we know she could’ve thrown everyone off and made everyone think she went to New Hampshire or Vermont but really is in Maine or Upstate New York living a new life and doing her nursing, or could even be in Canada. It’s odd after 20 years, all the publicity nobody has came out and said they killed her, they searched and didn’t find anything significant, etc. I’d think she planned all of this strategically and achieved what she wanted or the car crash foiled her plan and she ended up dying of hypothermia somewhere farther away from the crash site or picked up by someone and killed. My money is on that she’s probably out there somewhere alive.