I don’t think anyone can even begin to guess what they had in mind.
Think of all the things they did that nobody would dream of until they happened.
Placing illegal bugs all over someone else’s property.
Sneaking around in a ninja outfit.
Calling the housing authority to come out over shoddy repair work- work done by RG, no less!
Getting the barn declared uninhabitable so everyone staying there had to sleep outside.
Making false claims to Safe Sport, resulting in an investigation by child protective services.
Texting each other about knocking out the generator/electricity on a barn full of horses.
Conspiring to drive someone off their rocker and off their own property.
With all that in mind, I don’t think there is any way to guess what they had in mind when they were searching for the location of those kids.