10-Year-Old Indiana Girl Vanished 3 Days Ago; 'Optimistic' Police Seek Public's Help to Find Her
SFA:
Slocum says the girl, who is home schooled, didn’t have a cell phone and
possibly left carrying a pink backpack, a purple autism awareness blanket and a pillow.
She has run away before, he says,
but “we checked the locations she had gone to previously
but so far we haven’t found her.”
“We are still remaining optimistic
until something changes,” he says. “
All the scenarios are on the table and we are remaining optimistic
until we have evidence to believe otherwise.”
Police have reviewed some video footage from area homes and so far she hasn’t been captured on any of the surveillance tapes.
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BBM:
There's a whole lot of prevarication in the language LE is using right now.
They're qualifying and hedging on a lot of their comments.
"Possibly, but, but, until, until..."
Which makes sense, given they're still not certain what scenario they're looking at here.
Clearly, they haven't definitively established that she did in fact run away from home.
I did note that LE stated they would remain hopeful "until," not unless, something changes and "until," not unless, they have evidence otherwise.
The fact that SC has purportedly run away before leaves that very much of a possibility here.
We all know that the best predictor of behavior is past behavior.
I do wonder if she's ever run away overnight before, though.
This is hugely, hugely unusual behavior for a 10-year-old.
I'm concerned reading the description that she "possibly" left with a pink backpack, purple autism awareness blanket and pillow.
I'm surprised we weren't told what thread count the pillow had, what with that level of detail.
To me, that reads like someone provided a highly specific description and LE are the ones characterizing it as "possible" that she had those when she left the house, i.e., they're not necessarily convinced they're being given the facts.
I've seen here that her mom states she's not autistic.
What's up with the blanket, then?
Is she or is she not autistic?
If she is, that's important information.
If she's not, why is it being emphasized that she was carrying an "autism awareness" blanket?
Flag.
Also of concern is the lack of physical sightings and/or video footage of her from surrounding homes. Depending on how close to her home those cameras are that LE mentioned, the fact that she wasn't captured by any of them is very foreboding news.
I am certain that LE has been working to determine when and where the last independent sighting of SC was.
Because SC appears to have a history of running away, I'm more hopeful than I usually am in these cases that we may not be looking at a case of foul play.
But if she hasn't ever run away overnight before, and cameras in the area didn't capture her, and there have been no confirmed sightings of her since she was reported missing, then it's really not likely that this is a voluntary runaway scenario, or at least it's highly unlikely that she's remaining voluntarily missing.
I wonder if any polygraphs have been administered to any of the adults in SC's life.
JMO.
