No physical proof has been discovered just yet, but judging from the way Scott Gimple spoke about Heath’s potential return in the past, the helicopter reveal feels like a spot-on explanation.
Once there’s an option like “survivor traffickers” out there, it becomes a little easier to understand how characters like Heath may have just disappeared without a trace.
After it was revealed that Anne had previously been guilty of trading human beings for junkyard supplies, viewers’ minds raced to affix the helicopter reveal to the overall narrative.