http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Constantine,+MI,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=image
Hopefully this link works, if not let me know. It is for the Constantine area (you may have to zoom in again) it shows where the cemetery is and opposite end of W 3rd st towards Centreville rd is where i would assume she was near. If she did stop at a store, was it a convience store? Maybe she had wanted to get candy on the way home. If the store has security cameras, i hope they got it on tape. Then we would know if anyone else was in the store around that time. That may be why she left her friends' early; if she was getting hungry before dinner time and wanted to make a quick pit stop to get a snack.
ljwf22, being such a small tight knit community, is there one main church were mainly most all attend? You had mentioned the church groups.. i was wondering if the children also following by these suspicious white/beige vans or pickup trucks; if the police checked those reports to see if they all went to the same church. If a pervert was going to church to blend in, they would also be able to get a look at all the children there while others just assumed they were enjoying God's graces. It sounds horrible, with the world we live in nowadays.. i hope they look into that.