CA Alison Chao, 15-year-old girl Missing in San Gabriel Valley Last seen 7/16/24

[crhedBngr]

Anyone else noticed they ruled out the west side of the neighborhood?

Interesting.

JMVHO.

 

[whitelilac]

Do we know if the aunt is the mother's or father's sister ?

 

[nola1]

Do we know if the aunt is the mother's or father's sister ?

Father's

 

[Maat99]

Anyone else noticed they ruled out the west side of the neighborhood?

Maybe they got enough camera footage to rule out all the routes she could have taken in that direction from the place she was last seen. Pretty cool actually if that is what was done.

 

[Maat99]

Let’s just say that in theory, someone who loves her wanted her to escape.
Let’s also say in theory, they sent her off on her bike in one direction to a familiar place, delayed reporting her missing as long as they could, and then created a red herring in the other direction in the hopes that the search would focus in the wrong spot.
Now Alison has ridden her bike to a familiar location, she will be reported as missing shortly and you would like to get her to a location you think is safe.
What would you do next?
I think I would send a trusted person to meet her and pick up her and her bike. Then quickly get her as far away as I could before she is reported missing.
I’m sure the police are already on it, but I would think when Alison and her bike are no longer seen, they should check the video for any car/truck/van big enough to carry a bike.

 

[mickey2942]

A bike left unlocked in that area would probably be gone in less than 15 minutes. No need for a truck or anything to hide the bike.

 

[SimplyCass]

If she has a burner phone with data, she can look up routes.

(SBM) You don't necessarily need data. You can download maps offline to use without data.

Well..if you really look at what she said, I’m not so sure.

This part, yes: “If she ran away, which I don’t think she would – she’s not like that“

But what about this part: “just come home,” pleaded Annie Chao, Allison’s mother. “It’s going to be okay. I just want to make sure that you’re safe.”

That sounds like something you say to a kid who ran away doesn’t it??

I'm reluctant to analyze a statement in such detail. The average person is not trained in what i call "PR talk" - able to explain everything clearly without confusion. A couple of months ago, people were analyzing the statements of Caleb Harris's parents in such detail with one interpretation being that CH was engaging/doing high-risk activity and his parents knew. This turned out to be false but was used to push a (now) largely debunked idea of a secret meet-up.

 

[Mack the Knife]

It is still odd to me how quiet, relatively, LE has been about this.

I’m no longer sure the statement about no threat to the public means anything. I think that sometimes it is intended to mean there’s no boogey man snatching up every child on the street, and the threat level is the same as it always has been, and not that whatever happened, Allison is the only one it will happen to.

IF hypothetically, big if, Allison’s father or father’s side of the family was suspected (by LE) of being involved or somehow hiding Allison, would LE be reacting the way they are? I mean, I don’t think we know if there is actually a custody agreement, but I would assume that, at the least, it would be custodial interference if Allison is not with either of her parents. And I would assume that if the whereabouts of her father were unknown (such as if he left with Allison) that that would be public by now.
It doesn’t seem like Allison’s mother suspects that, as she’s not throwing blame (my inference from her statement is she’s walking the fine line of not blaming him while also not being a united front) and she has been pursuing the surveillance camera angle, which IMO doesn’t seem like something you’d do if you believe your ex took her.

The idea that the father’s side is involved just doesn’t make sense to me. If it was something planned, why send her off riding on her bike by herself? If she ran away to a relative’s, why report her missing? Reporting her missing gets LE involved immediately and creates a lot more future legal trouble than, for example, telling her mom that Allison wants to stay with her father’s side for a while, and making it a more common custody issue.

Apologies if that was incoherent, I’m just having trouble wrapping my head around this and getting the words out.

 

[slowpoke]

I think the Monterey Park Police liked the way the volunteers were operating, as their latest statement “encourages community members to continue to support search efforts”

“The enormous outpouring of support is welcomed and encouraged by the Monterey Park Police Department as we continue our efforts to locate Alison Chao.”

 

[BenjaminJAndersonAlly]

It is still odd to me how quiet, relatively, LE has been about this.

I’m no longer sure the statement about no threat to the public means anything. I think that sometimes it is intended to mean there’s no boogey man snatching up every child on the street, and the threat level is the same as it always has been, and not that whatever happened, Allison is the only one it will happen to.

IF hypothetically, big if, Allison’s father or father’s side of the family was suspected (by LE) of being involved or somehow hiding Allison, would LE be reacting the way they are? I mean, I don’t think we know if there is actually a custody agreement, but I would assume that, at the least, it would be custodial interference if Allison is not with either of her parents. And I would assume that if the whereabouts of her father were unknown (such as if he left with Allison) that that would be public by now.
It doesn’t seem like Allison’s mother suspects that, as she’s not throwing blame (my inference from her statement is she’s walking the fine line of not blaming him while also not being a united front) and she has been pursuing the surveillance camera angle, which IMO doesn’t seem like something you’d do if you believe your ex took her.

The idea that the father’s side is involved just doesn’t make sense to me. If it was something planned, why send her off riding on her bike by herself? If she ran away to a relative’s, why report her missing? Reporting her missing gets LE involved immediately and creates a lot more future legal trouble than, for example, telling her mom that Allison wants to stay with her father’s side for a while, and making it a more common custody issue.

Apologies if that was incoherent, I’m just having trouble wrapping my head around this and getting the words out.

Not incoherent at all … I found it quite insightful. I think you make some excellent points/observations, and I agree w/you.