Graham just wants to know his daughter is safe. If she’s too scared to call or come home, he said, he wants her to know that whatever is going on, he won’t be mad, as long as she comes home.
http://www.robesonian.com/news/news/151804762/Search-yields-little
The above quote is from Sara's dad, and he'd said something similar in another article. Something like he doesn't care who she's with or where she is, but he just wants her safe, wants to know she's alive.
His comments make me wonder if LE has an idea what happened. We don't know the circumstances of Sara living in TX, going to high school there, with whom she lived. There have been inconsistencies in MSM whether she's lived with her dad in NC for 3 or 6 months. So, there is a lot we don't know. I'm going to assume that, once again, LE knows more than us.
Based on that, I can only speculate...
Because I want Sara to be safe, I want to believe she met someone at work during the last 3 or 6 months. We know she's young. Maybe she's shy, naive, has never been in a romantic relationship before, and has gotten into a scary situation she can't get out of. Could some :censored: have tricked young, sweet, friendly, innocent, new-to-the-area Sara into meeting up? She could've been led to believe it was just for a day, not knowing what was actually about to happen until it was too late.
I'm hoping her best friend, and maybe a co-worker Sara's befriended, have info that makes Sara's dad say "he wants her to know that whatever is going on, he won’t be mad, as long as she comes home." He's a cop, so why would he make a comment like that? Even though he isn't actively investigating, wouldn't he still be privy to information? Or, is he being a Dad first and wants to hold on to hope?
All pure speculation on my part which can change as more info comes in.