JerseyGirl said:
KFYR-TV North Dakota's NBC News Leader
Tuesday, May 15th, was a day like any other. That night, after a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a few hugs, Reachelle Smith drifted off to sleep.
"The next morning I woke up, got all my stuff together, got ready for work, went downstairs and she wasn`t there," says Stephanie Smith, Reachelle`s guardian. "I was like, `Leigh, where is she?` And he said, oh, my mom came and took her this morning. I told you about it the other day."
This wasn`t a new thing. Leigh Cowen was a trusted friend, almost like part of the family. They agreed Reachelle would be home on Friday. After a few days of being away from her child, Stephanie Smith asked Cowen if she could see her or talk to her. Cowen always had an excuse. His car broke down, they were shopping, she was with his mom. Then towards the end of the week, Cowen and his mother stopped by the house but Reachelle was nowhere to be seen...
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Very interesting. I have followed this case since little Reachelle went missing. If memory serves me this isn't the story that was told when she first went missing.
The aunt didn't even attempt to get in contact with Reachelle for a week after she was gone. I remember that was talked about quite a bit. Besides, why would the aunt have to ask Leigh's permission to get in contact with Reachelle at his mothers?
I don't believe Leigh had a car. He used the aunts van all of the time. In fact, that is where he was found when it was said that he committed suicide.
He was like a member of the family because Reachelle's bio mom had told Leigh that Reachelle was his child. She told him the truth at a way later date.
Leigh even told his family that Reachelle was his daughter. He loved her like she was his own.
When Stephanie Smith finally got around to checking on Reachelle no one answered the phone. She went over to Leigh's mother's house and it was empty. The mother had moved to another state which wasn't a spur of the moment thing. She had been waiting for a daughter to get out of school to move. I think the family had been transferred as someone was in the service. They had been living on the base.
Leigh's mother had only kept Reachelle one day in her life time. Why would Stephanie think that Reachelle was going to stay with Leigh's mother for a week. Reachelle didn't even know Leigh's mother.
I think that the whole story that was told to LE was a crock. It was so full of holes...just like this story. The story changed everytime it was told.
I believe that Reachelle is with someone. I don't think that Leigh did anything to her like was believed by a few in the beginning. I have interacted with both Leigh's mom and his sister online and they feel the same way that I do.
A lot of people do. I don't know who she could be with but I think that Reachelle's bio mom might know. She gave her sister, Stephanie, guardianship of Reachelle when she was born. Maybe she wanted her daughter back as she is older now and married and settled down. Maybe she didn't want a court battle with her sister over Reachelle so Reachelle went missing instead.
I was told that the bio mom asked Leigh to help her. Fact or fiction..I don't know.
It is interesting that the bio mom was on her way to Bismark. Isn't that in Germany? I know that her husband is in the service. I would bet that Reachelle is in Bismark. I know that the bio mom was back after that because she was on the news. That would have been a smart move on her part. Leave Reachelle there with friends her husband had made and come back for awhile.
I just read that whole article and it is nothing like what was said in the beginning. When people lie they forget what they have said.
