This is true, more often than not. Your furbaby went out to scavenge and play, and he just didn’t come home at the end of the day. Even if you live away from a busy intersection, he could have encountered a bad situation from which he couldn't move. It isn’t your fault, any more than it is the driver of the car who hit him.

If he was sick, he might have sensed his end was near. Cats are wonderful, intelligent creatures. Knowing this, take comfort in the fact that he might have preferred to have his end come privately, without a lot of human or animal activity nearby. Request a necropsy to find out what caused your kitty’s death. It might help you to resolve the questions running through your mind.

Because your furbaby is a creature of instinct, he might simply want to take himself away from the place where he was injured or became ill -- he associates it with feeling bad. Following his line of thinking, he may just want to find another place he can’t associate with pain.