The area was pretty dark. She might not have been certain she saw a child on the side of the road until it was too late to pull over. If she called 911 to report it but wasn’t at the scene, there wouldn’t be any reason to keep her on the phone? I know the timeline is pretty tight. She could have started to double back while on the phone with 911 or while talking to her sister-in-law. This is all conjecture.
It was said she picked up her take out around 9, then called her mom around 9:19 to tell her she was on her way home with food. You know how long you sometimes have to wait for food in a drive through line, right? Girls are bad about sitting in their cars on their phones she may have been sitting there for 10-15 minutes before going for take out.
This may make up for the gap in the timeline of when she talked to her mother and when she called 911. I wonder why she didn’t call her mother the second time to say hey, I know I just told you I’m on my way, but now I’m not and here’s why? Nothing to really read into from that, it’s just a thought.
This is just going to depend on where it was found. If laying neatly in her car along with the hat, I’d say this is very plausible. If either were on the ground, that brings questions.
Maybe she didn’t want her mom to know she was pulling over on the side of the road? That would have given my mom fits. Maybe that’s why she called her sister-in-law instead?
Having trouble uploading all screenshots in one post, but here are the shots of oncoming traffic prior to the gray car appearing parked.
Having trouble uploading all screenshots in one post, but here are the shots of oncoming traffic prior to the gray car appearing parked.
Law enforcement didn't release the video. It's from a public traffic livestream. There's a site that records it and anybody can pay $250 an hour for access to the recording, which is what a TV station did so that's how we got the video.
Not to me. They are hoping lots of info will come in.
If you look at their Twitter account (State of Alabama Law Enforcement Agency), it is stock wording they use on all missing person advisories.
Aha!
That is much better quality! You can clearly see her get out and go to the rear passenger side and open the back door before moving up towards the front of the passenger side. It looks like she is standing there before getting closer to the high grass part? I can’t seem to make out any other people or lights from other cars possibly pulling up behind her car but out if view of camera. Also she is quite close to the lanes and there is a lot of traffic going by. I have to believe someone saw something more than we know.I can’t find the post with the kind member who previously shared this footage, but thank you. *edited oopsie wrong link, here’s the right one:
I think it could be explained by her possibly taking the next exit after thinking she saw the child, looping back and getting back on the interstate and when she got back to where she might have seen something she got on the shoulder and put her flashers on.
ITA, I think she saw something, took the exit, went back to the previous exit got back on the highway and kept her flashers on and went slow until she saw the "toddler" again, then called it in. I initially assumed she saw "toddler" called 911, then called SIL as she exited and returned, but the timing doesn't seem to fit. Unless I've misunderstood the timeline.
Good eyes. Really bizarre video, and doesn't really line up with the "gray car" story. I'm starting to believe she walked off on her own, either into the woods or beyond the exit. Even with the darkness and terrible quality, I still think we'd see something more on this video if someone were abducting her right then and there.
