Just for the heck of it and because a lot of us have been 'talking' about this for a long time, I thought I'd put out some of the big questions in my mind and my thoughts. the ones we're allowed to discuss here. Please feel free to share your thoughts too. I don't know that any of it gets anyone closer to finding the girls.
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I wish it did...
Below is all MOO and completely speculation based on what I've read and seen here and in MSM. The major questions to me other than the who/what/why/when/where/how, in my mind and specific to this case:
- Did the girls know their abductor(s)? I believe that they did/do. Maybe not well, but I think they know him/her/them somehow.
- Were the bikes staged? I don't think so. Too much hassle and risk of being seen. Seems easier to ditch them somewhere - the lake (IN it not next to it), a dumpster, etc.
- Are the girls alive? I sure hope so. I strongly feel that they are for some reason.
- Was it the girls on the surveillance tape? I'm not convinced it's them but I believe it is their bikes at least, based on the location and different size of the bikes. I think it was the girls too, but it's hard to tell.
- Was someone else on the surveillance tape? Yes I strongly believe there was at least one more person. I have no opinion or thoughts on whether the person had anything to do with the girls being missing, but I've looked at the video a ton of times and I definitely see one person or shadow before the girls ride by and another one after. The more I look at it I don't think it was shadows of the girls, especially given the time was around noon and the location of the sun.
- Did Mr. C. see the girls while he was watering his lawn? I think so, but I also think he could've mixed up days if he saw them often. I think he'd remember seeing both of them as opposed to just Elizabeth though, so IMO it's likely he saw them.
- Did the girls go to the lake? I think so. And I think they'd done it before and 'gotten away with it' even though they weren't supposed to go that far. I strongly doubt they went swimming though.
- Did Mr. G. see the bikes while riding? I think so. I'm not so convinced on the time. I completely understand using the cell phone to pinpoint a time but I find it odd that 3 days later you'd think "Oh I saw those bikes 7 minutes before I called this person." Wouldn't it be "5 minutes," "10 minutes" or "15 minutes"? I don't think that he was involved whatsoever I just think the time is probably off.
- Were the bikes moved? Maybe but I really don't think so. If so I think it was done by the girls, not someone else. I honestly think the bike location was just interpreted differently on a couple of different occasions. "Across the path" vs. "up against the fence, in the way, on a narrow path" isn't a big stretch.
- Was a paddleboat involved? I do think one was out on the lake at the time, but whether they saw the girls I don't have a strong feeling about either way. I can see it being a lure, but I don't really think it was.
- Did the guy running at the lake really see the girls at around 2:30? Maybe.. but I can also see someone just being 'overly helpful' and trying to calm down a freaked out family member by saying "I think I saw them" and that family member wanting so desperately to believe the girls were just there a few minutes before...
- What about the "little boy" fishing? I believe he didn't see the girls, but there is something about him being there and not seeing them that freaks me out. I hope with all my heart he wasn't involved, which is to say I hope he wasn't another victim.
- Has the area been thoroughly searched? I believe yes and no. It seems to me like LE had specific places they wanted to focus on. I assume for good reasons.
- Why drain the lake? As many have suggested maybe more as a diversion, for the public and maybe the perp also. I originally thought the girls were in the lake. I thought Lyric was showing off her new backflip trick and things went wrong. But after hearing how nasty that lake would be to swim in, I think they just rode near/around it but didn't swim there.
ALL of the above is IMO, MOO, etc.
And in case anyone needs a little chuckle:
- Was it a PADDLE boat or a PEDAL boat?
- What about the WHITE VAN?
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Back to being serious,
the most important question: when will these precious girls be home?