I was thinking early on (after the Friday stuff, like maybe the following Mon), that it was a little odd, like maybe they had more idea about what was up than they told. First, there was no Amber Alert. They blamed that on not having a description of a suspect or vehicle, or evidence that she was abducted. Okay, I could buy that. Then they kept the search really really close to her house and A's house, the last place she was known to be. Well, I guess you can't know what direction to look without a clue at the start of the trail, but then again, E's house is like INCHES from a highway overpass. That highway goes to St Louis and to KC. Yet people online were saying that, when they asked LE about posting flyers at businesses along the highway, east and west of town, they were met with a lukewarm response.
They turned down tons of people who were willing to search in the rain and in the dark. They kept the search area tight, like maybe they knew she'd be found close by. I haven't heard anything about sex offenders in the area being questioned. Wouldn't that be one of the first things LE would do with a missing 9 yr old girl?
I've heard kids at school were speculating that A might be involved as early as Thursday, but apparently with nothing to go on beyond a creepy feeling.
The press releases don't give anything away, but IMO LE had a creepy feeling, too, and before Friday afternoon.
