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Everyone is questioning why the lateness for the AA. The AA criteria is strict to begin with. It was reported that dad was found by a relative this morning via the media. Mom finds out the info about Hailey on FB later today and contacts the RCMP. My guess is it wasn't until the RCMP spoke with mom and were able to determine then that Hailey was still with her dad, thus issuing the AA when they did.
So sad that poor little Hailey's screams (as heard by neighbors; reported on MSM) weren't reported to the police or somebody, when they were heard.
JMO
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I used to live close to a crossing. Now you need a passport - though I have heard of small crossings being more lax than they should be. When my mother travelled with my sister across the border during her younger years they were typically very thorough regarding her permission to travel with her. She carried a notarized letter from my father folded up in her passport. Some individuals working the border didn't even ask, others were reluctant to let us through even with the letter. I am a lawyer, now, and prepare my share of these letters for parents to vacation without the other parent, attend sporting camps, etc. It seems very discretionary, but based on my experience it would be very difficult to cross without passports for both parties and obvious family ties (like last name - but even then it could be an uphill battle without consent documents) when travelling with a child. Of course - we've all pondered horror stories of children hidden in vehicles, or vehicles crossing outside of monitored crossings (like forest roads), so it's hard to eliminate anything.
Did I see she wasn't reported missing until 11:15 am? How would that work if she was abducted at 3:30 am and the neighbours saw it? Because they only witnessed the van and didn't realize an abduction had occurred?
The border crossing nearest to Blairmore is one of the really small lax ones. Just one guy working there when I was there in the middle of the day. probably the same for early morning too.
So does this indicate that she is in high school? And the dad was 27? That's...shady, IMO.
Which one are you thinking of? Roosville or Chief Mountain?
I believe it was stated in the presser that LE don't know where the 3:30 time came from and 11:15 is the correct time. Basically, you can disregard the 3:30 time.
Not necessarily.
I don't know how old the mom is but even if she's 16/17 years old, that's a 10 year gap.
I know a couple who got married 2 years ago and they are 10 years apart in age. He's in his 30's and she's in her mid 20's. And they have two kids.
I guess it depends on the couple. It looks shady now, but once they had gotten older, the age gap wouldn't have seemed too bad.
IMO.
Interesting comments here by HH: http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/09/14/amber-alert-hailey-dunbar-blanchette-abducted-from-blairmont
I wonder if the fathers body was deceased for a number of hours and this is how the police are basing the time on when Hailey went missing?