But Juliette wasn't sent, he had Richard and Ethan stalk her to the point of cornering her in a morgue. Perhaps he read about her while off island, or found out about her work somehow, THEN felt it was fate, and made the rest history... including her ex being pancaked by the crosstown.

It's so funny about Ben, he looks suprised to find out that Locke knows about the 3.2 million dollars, yet doesn't bat an eye when a plane happens to crash through coordinates it takes a physicist to work out.