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BBM: "Hernandez said her daughter was supposed to take the bus home the day she disappeared and she has no idea why she decided to walk."
Maybe she walked while the weather was nice but Mom wanted her to start riding the bus since it was getting colder. In any case her usual route home was confirmed by LE in the timeline at least.
In my opinion, from day 1, I thought this case was an abduction by a stranger. I had that thinking because I couldn't see why the police and FBI and everyone got involved so quickly unless they had evidence of some kind. From what is known, or not known, the mom got home about 7pm and called the cops right away. What did the mom say to make the cops act so quickly? They had first said that Abigail made it home. So my opinion was that there was blood or signs of a struggle or something at the house.
But going back and catching up on this case, I see the above quote about Abigail's mom saying that she was SUPPOSED to take the bus home THAT day... and something about that struck me as odd.
If her mom did say that she was SUPPOSED to take the bus home THAT day, then in my opinion that statement tells me a lot.
My first thought was that there was a situation going on with Abigail that the mom was not happy about. And that perhaps Abigail mentioned meeting this person after school on Oct 9th. And maybe the mom adamantly told her that she was not allowed to go with this person and that she wanted Abigail home right after school. And maybe the mom called her repeatedly all afternoon until she got home to make sure that Abigail was home and not with this person. And maybe this person was 18 or older and therefore could be seen as illegal in the eyes of the law if certain things were going on between the two. This could be a reason why the cops and FBI acted so quickly when the mom called 911.
It could be that the mom is not really sure what happened to Abigail.
If she happened to of told her to go home after school and not meet up with this person, and she couldn't reach Abigail and Abigail was not at home when she got out of work, this doesn't necessarily mean she ran away with this person.... Because Abigail being missing could be a random act of violence or a runaway. So maybe that's why the family has kept quiet. Maybe it's because they don't want people to speculate one way or the other simply because they don't know.
If there really is no evidence of where she went, then there really is no way of telling is she went with someone she knew, ran away by herself or was a victim of a random crime.
And being age 14 at the time she disappeared made her a young juvenile which could be why the authorities acted right away.
And maybe if there was a fight with Abigail and her mom before she disappeared,the authorities could tell them to keep it to themselves so it doesn't jeopardize the case if something more sinister happened. Because the main objective is to find Abigail and bring her home. And they wouldn't want people to not look for her if they thought she was just a run away.
These are just my ramblings and my opinions only.