I was going to suggest that myself. We have absolutely no idea why SM wasn't there and I don't think it should automatically cast any further doubt on the SM. Probably not the popular opinion right now but there it is.
Agreed.
Re. your post about being a step parent :
Please don't think that anyone is looking askance at any non-bio parents.
I'm certainly not.
My two closest friends are --in the first case : adopted, and in the other --raised by her step mom and bio- dad. They both love their parents every bit as if they were born from them.
And we know from this forum and in msm that biological parents can and have done atrocious things to their children.
My issue with Gannon's stepmom is that she was the last to see him and that it seems hinky that he'd run away for this long.
From my previous post quoting msm article-- LE said they were investigating a runaway as that was what they were told.
I am assuming the step mom gave this info. but it could've been the dad.
It's not that Gannon would
never run away, but his dad said it was out of character for the little guy.
And I'm open to the possibility that some (maybe even the parent of a friend ?) abducted him?
Or a stranger ?
Or wandered too far and became lost ?
A big fear is that if he's gone that if he's not found soon there will never be any answers.
Because of exposure to the elements and animal predation. Sorry.