I agree that complete stranger abductions of children are more rare. I believe Lyric and Lizzy had a very large support group of family members as compared to Baby Bella. She had no one... literally.
I do believe, however, the girls were killed because they could identify who had taken them. Thinking back to November of this year, a 9-year-old boy was executed as a result of gang violence. No, I don't believe Dan was a gang member, BUT the company he kept was certainly questionable. In reading the article about Tyshawn Lee, it reminded me of Dan's comments and what was being reported....
"Tyshawn Lee was lured into an alley and executed Monday, Chicago police said Thursday.
His father, Pierre Stokes, reportedly a member of the Gangster Disciples gang,
is not cooperating with police."
"The childs father, Pierre Stokes, has disagreed with authorities characterization of him and said hes easy to find. He hasnt talked about whether hes a gang member but
said police have spent more time pursuing him than finding out who killed his son.
I answered every question they asked me, he told reporters Thursday not far from the spot his son was killed. Theyre not asking me questions that I know. I dont know the questions that they asked me.
http://www.missopen.com/news/boy-executed-over-fathers-gang-ties-in-chicago/
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I believe 2 have been arrested and charged in Tyshawn's senseless murder, and no it wasn't his father.
I never felt Dan was refusing to cooperate with the authorities. He didn't want to give up his cell phone, but the minute he refused to give up his cell phone, the word was "he isn't cooperating." In the end, he gave up the cell phone and as per Wilma, "ratted on a lot of people." I'm sure the girls were already dead by the time Dan was arrested.
The way I see it though, if it was about drugs in Waterloo or Black Hawk County, I believe Dan, himself, would have been executed. Let's remember this happened not in Waterloo, not on Dan's turf, and not really on Lyric's turf. This happened in Evansdale, Elizabeth's turf, where she was reported to roam further than known by her parents riding her bike. I cannot stop believing that whomever did this was in Evansdale and spotted them riding their bikes that morning. Maybe Lizzy went to the street where the lawn-watering guy lived because that's where her friends were, but a quick run through on their bikes proved her friends to not be home. Somebody somewhere between Lizzy's home and their ride through the neighborhood attracted someone. I don't know if the girls decided to go to the lake on their own, or if they were lured there, or if their bikes were just placed at the lake. I think somehow the girls did end up getting trapped there, just like Dan said. Lizzy was forced to leave her purse behind and they were taken to the vehicle. Perhaps dragged kicking and screaming only their mouths were covered by the perp's hands, so the screams were never heard. I almost feel like the girls were chased there in an attempt to escape whomever was pursuing them.