My family lives in Scottsville. It's a very small town, with a fairly large Old Order Mennonite community. This happened 5 minutes away. Nothing like this has happened here and this community will forever be changed. Although I live in this small town, my children would never be allowed to wander around. However, there has been no mention of this being the case with Gabriella. In fact, it is stone quiet. Even the little hick Topix, which is usually full of gossip, has little to say. I do not remember ever seeing our LE give a press conference. They may have, but I haven't seen one.
I honestly don't know how someone could have walked away with Gabriella, without someone seeing her/them. The woods are behind the high school and there is a creek there. Seems it would be hard to miss seeing some pervert walking this beautiful child into the woods. Maybe someone lured her and took her someplace else, then slipped through the back of the property and dumped her body. I don't know if there are any security cameras on the school property. There were trucks parked at the school this evening, when I went into town, and they were still there when I came back home. They may have been LE. Just incredibly sad.....