For the very first time i this case I suddenly realize that I no longer suspect Steven of hurting Elaina in any way, shape, or form.
I think he thought he was helping Angela by solving this problem for her, like NG said. But I don't think he's the one that hurt her anymore.
Maybe I'll change my mind back tomorrow. It's possible. I kind of doubt it though. Angela is rapidly becoming very guilty in my mind.
BBM. This has occured to me very fleetingly a couple of times, and your post is making me dwell on the possibility a little more.
Going on the assumption that someone hurt Elaina the night before or the day of her missing and assuming someone took her from the house because of said injury, I'd like to look at this as two distinct events as I don't want to start confusing the issue - Event 1 is that someone in the house hurt Elaina and Event 2 is that someone took Elaina to another location because of Event 1. I just want to concentrate on Event 1 first.
The things (in my mind) that point to SK
potentially being responsible for Event 1, the injury of Elaina, are these:
1. the 4-year-old told TJ that she was scared of SK
2. the 4-year-old said that SK had caused the bruise on the back of Elaina's head by being rough with her (sorry, I don't remember the actual wording)
Both of those things could lead one to believe that SK was abusive and could potentially have caused an injury to Elaina. Could there be an alternative explanation for the above events that happened?
1. the 4 year old was told to say those things by AS or someone else
2. the 4 year old was afraid of SK for reasons other than being abused by him or by seeing him abuse someone else (as an example, maybe he had a loud voice or something like that)
3. SK had abused either or both of the girls previously but not this particular time
Am I missing anything else that has made SK look potentially guilty for
event 1? IF SK ran out the back of the house as reported or IF he threw up at a neighbor's house, those things could be as a direct result of event 2 but not necessarily event 1 (hope that makes sense) OR there could be an entirely different explanation such as he ran out to find the baby or he threw up from withdrawal or it was misreported.