Ok. I get that now. But if that were the scenario, would she literally be running on foot?
Since we're not sure what exactly would cause BW to run (possibly drugs? scared of uncles? etc). I try to imagine myself in that scenario.
Just to make my point, I'll use the example of the uncles since they've been arrested for heinous crimes.
If 2 of my uncles had been molesting my cousins, me, my siblings, anyone and they threatened me and I knew for a fact that my children were safe with who they were with, I would have no problems with leaving on foot and staying hidden until the threat was eliminated.
My biggest fear with the scenario of her in hiding is that whatever is threatening her could potentially have access to her child. That, as a mom/parent, would be the only thing that would worry me to death.
Do we know what she had in her bag when she left? If she had a bag full of food? I'm not sure how rural the area is there, but I live in a rural area now, grew up in a rural area and I'm pretty sure that I could keep myself hidden and live off of the bare minimum food for quite a while, if my life depended on it.
I am not trying to get anyone's hopes up, I don't know how resourceful BW is, but if she is hiding out of fear, it's completely understandable. We already one person is dead, either by his hand or one of his relatives (MOO).