I'm betting that he reported her missing 2 1/2 hours after she was "suppose" to be home from her trip because that gives a little wiggle room for her to come home late, and for him to try and make contact with her by calling/texting her....then when neither of those things panned out, he reported her missing. Makes it appear legitimate....no one reports someone missing within minutes of a return trip nor does anyone wait for days or longer (unless they are very obviously guilty/suspicious). A few hours and it appears "normal".
JMO.
I was wondering about this already many times.
Why worry about her so fast?
What time that mall closes?
Are there any restaurants/cafes in there which are staying open late?
I mean, I get there are many people who are always showing up when they promised and are keeping in touch all the time. But haven't we heard GR advertising she changed so much for the worse at the last 9 months? Now was she a precise person after changing to the worst or not? Someone should decide.
For all he knew she could have bumped into someone in the mall from old times, sat down with him/her to talk about old times and/or their new lives and time flew by. Her battery could have simply died without her noticing it or just were having such a good time together that none of them heard the phone ringing.
O/T: I asked my husband when would he report me missing if I drove to the mall and said I'll be back at X hours. My favorite mall is 30km/18.64 miles away.
He said: Absolutely not before the mall closes as women love to shop, and can lose track of time while doing it. The mall closes at 8pm, you should be home by 8.30pm. But if you accidentally met someone around closing time and decided to eat something with them somewhere else in a restaurant, you could be staying out until much, much later. Add again 2-3 hours before I would even begin to think something isn't right, even if your phone went to voicemail or you just wasn't answering it.
For what is worth I wasn't able to get an exact hour of supposed panic out of him. :giggle:
I do understand there are many husbands/boyfriends who would panic if they can't reach their partner at an exact time. Be the reason that the woman is so precise, usually keeps in touch regularly throughout the day or because they are jealous and/or controlling or simply just the worrying type.