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I think it’s because there seemingly aren’t other options. I kind of think maybe Occam’s Razor that’s mentioned here a lot could be part of his reasoning.
Even though abduction would be the least likely scenario - he seems to have rationally ruled out the other scenarios.
From the audio of dad talking: “She would never leave because we got bears and wild dogs and druggies”
“They’ve done such a good job, they’ve followed every lead, they’ve tracked down all kinds of people”
“I have hope but when you look at the statistics”
Rightfully so or not, her dad has ruled out her being in the woods. I think the terrain is much worse than the little images we see on camera or google earth. I saw one section with a wire fence. I think he believes there’s no way a 5 year old could get 1-2 miles out from the house on foot either with or without shoes on.
He’s also ruled it out when he says the dogs lost the scent at the end of the road.
MOO, when he says “I realized then and there that she was not there. I knew right then and there that she was gone.”
I’ve had that feeling as a parent as well and tried to push it away more than once. It was true and DD passed on maybe 2 weeks after me getting that “feeling”.
Also some of the things he said about not being able to be alone and not understanding how his boys are coping so well are thoughts I have as well. Almost 2 years later and I still wonder how my younger DD’s are able to go on almost as if she was never here. Very, very strange to me as well.
