Parent Gina Zimmerman said she last saw Kyron in the morning, when he posed in a classroom in front of his "red-eyed tree frog" science project. She said her daughter is one of Kyron’s best friends and she knew him well.
Zimmerman said that Kyron was not the type of child to wander off. "
He knows 'stranger danger," she said. "He's a really good kid."
www.krem.com/
Gina is also the PTA pres.
IMO, a kid
in school is going to feel safe (as well they should!).
So here we have a situation where there are many kids, parents, volunteers and staff milling about. Kyron sees these "strangers" and even though he doesn't necessarily know them, logic would tell him that these people are "ok".
After all, the school itself is allowing them to be around and interact with all the kids. A perfectly reasonable assumption on his part.
Knowing he's
inside a safe place, surrounded by people he
knows are there to watch out for him, his guard is going to be way down. In an environment like this, I have no doubt most
adults wouldn't consider the 'stranger danger' element as they would elsewhere (which btw could explain why it seems no one noticed anything unusual). So why should we expect a 7 year old child to be any more vigilant??
Given these circumstances, someone with intentions on taking a child would already have a huge advantage, for not only the kids but adults as well would never in a million years expect that something like this could happen.
Now all that is left is for that predator to find a vulnerable child, one who is separated from the group, away from an adult, close to an exit.
On Ethan's FB someone posted a link to a news report about an online child predator handbook. It's actually a how-to manual on how to stalk, groom, abduct children. I didn't have the nerve to go look for it online, but I'm willing to bet that it includes tips on how to take advantage of situations like this. I'll get a link to the report and post it.