He went into too much detail though, because he mentioned speaking to people and being "let in". And I think in those circumstances you would ask lots of people if they'd seen a young girl on her own (she was quite small for her age).
Why would they be asking for sightings of a small girl "on her own"...? That would be silly of them to assume she was on her own....AH....YES....SHE WAS....it was a freudian slip (if that's the question they asked)