I listened to the podcast today. So many suspicious people in her young life. Interesting earlier in this thread they quoted the father as saying "she gave up and went to bed" but in the podcast he states that he gave her an ultimatum, either she move in with him or he's cutting her out of his life (paraphrasing) and then told her to go to bed. 1st, IMO, the father seemed sincere in not having anything to do with the disappearance and 2nd, who the hell tells a 10 year old that if you don't live with me then I want nothing to do with you?
The "false" confession is odd by the ex-boyfriend to generate attention to the case. Also it's stated in the podcast that the ex-boyfriend showed up at the door with fliers before she was known to be missing. The dad is quoted in this thread that he checked on her about 1/2 hour after she went to bed but I thought the podcast said it was the next morning? I need to go back and listen again and take notes because now I'm confused.