I take the homeschooling quite possibly with a grain of salt. If they had only been there tops of like 3 weeks (did they move over Christmas or before and how long did it take for instance?) Homeschooling may not have even started and could be just a word used because she was not in school yet or to justify her not being in school? Just a thought.
I agree with some. I think it is likely possibly she was involved with someone, a bf, friends the parents may not have approved of, had trouble in school. Her dream had always been a farm life, they pull her out of school, buy one and get her away from whatever influence.
I had a child who wanted a farm type life. She never had one with me but I also know had I put the child on one at the age of 14, the distance from friends, fast food and different things in town would have bothered greatly. They may say it but they do not realize what goes along with it. Stuck at home at that age with just folks and siblings? Not what MOST would want.
My guess is this scene was either staged or she planned on going with someone. Grab the phones, throw some clothes on your bed, roll 'em up in your sheets. A teenager's number one possession is their cell phone. No stranger perp is going to say grab some clothes and both of your cell phones or sneak in a window and then turn lights on to find these things, etc. It just makes no sense. Her taking her phones does make sense.
My guess is they do not say abducted or runaway because until questioned, it is a bit of a gray area. If it is a 17 year old bf and she went willingly, it is not really an abduction. If it is a 21 year old, then you have a bit of well, she may have went willingly but there could be a statutory rape thing, etc. which would make it a bit gray until the details are found out. The statutory thing would not necessarily mean her going willingly was an abduction. They may also hope if no one thinks they are in trouble, they may give up.
Then of course there is always that thought that she could be naive to an older perp and she may be in some danger, even with an older teen.
It could also have been staged if something happened at home.
She took these things or wanted it to look like an abduction but in the way of a teen did not get it quite right.
I hope anyhow.
I am a bit surprised they shared the ping thing because it would let someone know to shut the phones down or get rid of them though...
Hoping it is okay to post this scenario as the mom and aunt allegedly said themselves they thought she may be a runaway.
We had a very recent move. Apparently she was up (and others were) at 11 and then gone at 4:30. This is odd to me. No 8 hours sleep for most or none or even 6 or 7? Doesn't seem to me any home schooling was maybe planned for the next day.
Unless they bought a place with several animals already on it, I also do not see chores. They had only been there a few weeks and Christmas and New Year's occurred in those weeks whether they were still moving, just moving, etc. I doubt they had purchased animals yet.
I read all of the pages before commenting but these are my thoughts and with these thoughts she is safe so I hope it is the case. If I have anything wrong, forgive me, I crammed a lot of info in reading all of the pages to get up to speed.
