That article says a Collision reconstruction crew has been brought in? I wonder why, what they're thinking?
...The mission of the CRS is to improve public safety through the application of forensic science in collision reconstruction (Royal Canadian Mounted Police [RCMP], 2005). This group of forensic investigators determines how and what occurred in a collision in order to assist other investigational units to decide if criminal or provincial statute offences have occurred.
Is it possible someone ran over Chase? I hope not.
Clearly his parents are devastated.
Where is Chase???
That article says a Collision reconstruction crew has been brought in? I wonder why, what they're thinking?
I think either they are just participating because they are available, or they are skilled at detecting signs of a vehicle's tire tracks.
I think either they are just participating because they are available, or they are skilled at detecting signs of a vehicle's tire tracks.
I'll bet that's it - tire tracks. Looking for any sign of an outsider coming in and whisking Chase away.
Earlier this week, three-year-old Joshua Childers wandered away from his home in southeast Missouri wearing only a T-shirt, sneakers and a pull-up diaper. After intensive searching for more than 52 agonizing hours, the 35-pound toddler was found alive three miles from his home in the wet, chilly and rough terrain of the Mark Twain National Forest, home to bears, mountain lions, and snakes.
“I went on a hike,” the boy said after the ordeal. Then he asked for a glass of milk.
Searchers had been feeling pessimistic about finding Joshua alive. He had been lost in the wet, cold woods for almost three days. “It’s a miracle,” says Sheriff David Lewis. “I’m so happy, you can’t believe it.”
Without doubt, little Joshua’s survival is a real cause for celebration. It also reveals the fascinating science of “lost person behavior” — who gets lost, why, and who has the greatest chance of survival. And it presents an opportunity to revisit the most important survival rule if you lose your way in the woods (or anywhere else for that matter).
Expert trackers say that an average person leaves behind two thousand clues for every mile he travels. Each step you take produces evidence — a footprint, a broken twig, a clump of mud, a twisted blade of grass.
[Joshua Childers somehow managed to travel beyond the predicted range for a child of his age. He was found lying on the ground in a hollow at the bottom of a creek. When his rescuer said, “Hey, Bud,” the boy jumped right up and grinned. “You ready to go home?” the searcher asked. Joshua replied: “Yeah.”]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-sherwood/lost-how-a-three-year-old_b_198883.html
Lost & Found: How a Three-Year-Old Survived 52 Hours in the Woods (and How You Can Too)
06/07/2009 05:12 am ET | Updated Nov 17, 2011
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