It appears a brazen abduction attempt of a 12-year old boy transpired in Kingsport, Tennessee, on Thursday.
The child was mowing the lawn when approached by the perp, who followed him when the child retreated to the garage.
Google shows Kingsport as a 31-minute drive from Hawkins County.
Perhaps he is a POI in the disappearance of Summer.
Lest we believe a child abductor always fixates on a particular type of child – as to sex, hair colour, etc – I recount from my own experience this isn't always so.
When I was six, I was scooped up by a man on a bicycle, right outside the front garden of our home. I kicked, screamed, and bit his arm. He dropped me.
Later, he was arrested, and charged with murdering a 4-year old boy, the week before he grabbed me.
More than 70 years later, I can still see his bloated, red face, and stubby grey whiskers, and smell his foul breath.
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