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No, polygraphs are not always effective. But it's a start.
And I guarantee you if she had failed people would not let up. She would be accused more than she already is. She'd probably still be at Rikers. Even if it is "just a polygraph".
I believe that polygraphs aren't always effective. I also wonder if perhaps if she didn't do it, if a relative or friend did.
I believe that a child alone would have generated attention at night. I believe really that this child would not have willingly gone away with anyone unless he knew them, even somewhat.
I wonder if there was anyone in the building who knew this child, who might have taken him.
Something odd about this.
So why isn't LE asking the foster mom what the heck happened here? She was the last one to see this child. She was the one that let him runaway? Did she call LE the minute he ran? I need to refresh my memory. I agree the child would not have run off if he didn't think he could get back to his mom. If he knew his mom was in jail, I think he would have stayed put until someone told him his mother was out.
Yes, someone in the building knew the child - the foster mom and the other children in her care.
I'm frustrated that LE has not appeared to follow through with the foster mom.
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If I was a Foster parent, and the child I had in my care went missing, I'd look around for him, call building security, call the agency i worked with, and then call the police, not sure in which order.
Kids do wander off. I can't count the number of kids who get seperated from adults in malls around the holidays, or get lost on beaches in the Summer. I just wonder if perhaps this child didn't come in contact with someone in the building who knew him, and perhaps knows more but doesn't want to tell, for whatever reason.
And if I told you the stories of bio parents, who 'stalk' their children and Foster parents, it would take hours. I'm not sure that this mom, or someone she knew was not somehow involved.
Thanks SWMNBM, I had read that but it just didn't compute for me.
ACS is not who you would call if you have a drug problem. Even if you wanted to stay clean for your children.
There are 1,000's of programs in the city for drug users who need help. I guess I'm still not understanding her logic in calling them. (ACS) It just opened a whole different can of worms for her than what she actually needed.
I believe that polygraphs aren't always effective. I also wonder if perhaps if she didn't do it, if a relative or friend did.
I believe that a child alone would have generated attention at night. I believe really that this child would not have willingly gone away with anyone unless he knew them, even somewhat.
I wonder if there was anyone in the building who knew this child, who might have taken him.
Something odd about this.
SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:After looking over some bus info, I believe that if IF IF IF Patrick got on a bus, it would have been the #82. This bus has two stops near his apartment complex, one in an under 5 minute walk. The other, toward the Parkway, in a 10-15 minute walk. This bus stops every 15 minutes.
Patrick was reportedly last seen around 9:00 pm. If foster-mom didn't go with Patrick to the trash, it may have been 5-10 minutes before she noticed he was gone. He could have gotten on that bus from just before 9:00 to about 9:15. Or within 15 minutes before or after that, depending on how long before she noticed he was missing.
Another thing about this bus is that it goes to Coney Island as a final destination. Which...isn't Staten Island, but it is in that direction. (I haven't yet looked at bus connections beyond that point into Staten Island, or sex offenders at that location. Hopefully will get to that this weekend, too.)
Copied a post of mine from Patrick's first thread.
One of my theories has always been that Patrick tried to run away and maybe even made it onto a bus. Does anyone know for sure if the buses in this area have video surveillance? I know many large cities do, but some do not.
I wonder if any of the buses (especially #82) had their videos analyzed as one of the nearly 100 videos looked at? I know they interviewed some bus drivers. And I assume that they would have looked at any video if it was available. Just trying to think out loud again and maybe rule things out.
good question SWMNBN. I always thought he got picked by a creep posing as a concerned citizen while Patrick was standing at the bus stop. if you think about it, while many New Yorkers have many beefs about city bus drivers, I'd like to think that if a child, underdressed for the winter, got on a bus alone at night, perhaps without bus fare even, that the bus driver would make some contact with police to have them check the kid out.
obviously that did not happen, but we don't know if he ever made it on a bus.