I have not read this thread yet. But I wanted to post a couple of thoughts before I forget them. I caught the last 15 minutes of Nancy Grace last night and it was focused on missing baby Shannon. I'm glad NG covered this story so quickly. But she really ticked me off last night. Within a 2 or 3 minute time span, she said that police don't believe there is foul play in this case, and then said that police don't believe the baby was abducted. WTF??? If the baby is NOT at the home, and they don't believe she was abducted, how could there not be foul play??? Even supposing that a relative came and took the baby in the early morning hours, for say safety reasons (this is all just hypothetical). That would still be an abduction. I understand that Nancy is just reporting what she has seen/heard about the case. But she didn't even question the conflicting reports, she just repeated them causing further confusion for her viewers.
Also, her comment about how "Suspicious" it is that a 7 month old child sleeps through the night, that ticked me off too. My son just turned 6 months old and he's been basically sleeping through the night since he was 2 months old. Sometimes he wakes up and wants a bottle, but more often than not, he will sleep 8 to 10 hours straight. It may not be the norm, but it IS possible.
I was more concerned with the childs weight and the timeframe she allegedly went missing. I know that all babies are different, but 11 pounds for a 7 month old seems pretty small. My son is on the small side and he weighs 15 pounds at 6 months. I'm concerned that these parents state they didn't check on this baby until 11 AM. I suppose that's kind of understandable if they didn't put her to bed until 3 AM. But then I have to question WHY would you not put your baby to bed until 3 AM? Do the parents keep an odd houred work schedule? Reguardless, I can't imagine not looking in on my son for 8 hours straight. The thought just freaks me out.
I sincerely hope this child is found safe and unharmed. But I have a really bad feeling that this case is going to end up staying close to home.