It’s a cover story, she was trying to disappear and start a new life somewhere without extradition to get away from her life of crime before the consequences caught up with her. Bad luck to get swept along in your own search party but you’d only attract more attention by walking back out through the group.
I feel like she purposely joined the search party. Why are they using the word “accidentally”?
Whether she knew she was looking for herself or not is a different matter.
She intentionally joined a search party, of course, but accidentally joined one that was for her.
It’s a cover story, she was trying to disappear and start a new life somewhere without extradition to get away from her life of crime before the consequences caught up with her. Bad luck to get swept along in your own search party but you’d only attract more attention by walking back out through the group.