So I wonder why she asked the neighbor call 911? Had she dropped her phone somewhere so she wasn’t able to call herself? Or do you think to make her story more believable she asked the neighbor to call?
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From what I recall it was reported that she said that to the neighbor, but was also said that she made the call herself as she walked away from him, or maybe she walked away and then made the call?
The neighbor doesn't seem to have English as his first language, so if she was talking in sentence fractions (if that's the right word?) he might have misunderstood and thought she was instructing him to call 911?
For instance:
EG runs up to him and in an urgent voice says, "have you seen my little son?"
Neighbor: "No, why what's up?"
EG: "He's missing! I can't find him, I've looked everywhere!" She turns slightly as she starts to move away from him, and as she does so he hears her scream "OMG! Gotta call 911!!!!!"
He might interpret that as a request to him to call 911, whereas she means she has to immediately call 911.
From what I've read in the media reporting this isn't entirely clear, but I think this example shows how things can be misunderstood in the heat of the moment and it's hard for reporters to give us the clarify we need, and also hard for them to get the clarity they want to give us.
IMO from a psychological standpoint I think she's trying to convey to the neighbor that this is a sudden emergency and that the appropriate thing to do is to call 911. I think she's establishing context both with the neighbor and for the 911 call (I've looked for him, I've checked with the neighbors). This would be normal but for our suspicion that Lucas did not disappear at that time, therefore everything is about her acting the part and establishing to someone that he's suddenly gone missing, this is an emergency, she's a concerned mommy.
