I suppose anything's possible with unlimited money and taking-trouble, but surely for people with such resources there are easier, lawful ways of getting a child. I don't get the impression that there was anyone with a motive to appropriate specifically William who had the wealth and attention to detail to set him up as someone else. If he's imprisoned in a shed or camped miles from any town with no outside contact, no medical care, no attempt at educational development and no mucking around with ID, I don't say that's impossible either, but it's not what you're talking about right?
Well, as you say, it seems that at this point, anything is possible? That isn't what I was specifically talking about, no. But doesn't mean it's not also a possibility? There could be many reasons why someone/a couple may not be able to pass through the usual vetting of a legal adoption (first thing that pops into my head is a woman who really REALLY wants a cute little toddler, perhaps married to some guy with a history of CSA/pedophilia. ... who of course, tells his wife that although he was convicted, it was all a bunch of lies and errors?
Why do the fosters.. at least imho... all of them... not seem to be terribly upset? Walkthroughs performed at day#6, and none of them are crying, all seem to be functioning. Why not once have I heard the FM apologize for losing William, in eight years. A POSSIBLE explanation could be that there is some kind of knowledge that he's alive and doing okay somewhere? This apparent lack of emotion has been discussed many times, and yes, of course, everyone reacts differently to situations and stress and grief. It seems to me, just from listening to all kinds of conversations, that most of us would not have been able to function, would've been a basket case, would have needed to be sedated, etc. For me, giving him to someone is more believable than the magic that would have to happen for a pedo to be lurking on a deadend street in a tiny village and become SO 'lucky' that a beautiful male toddler appears out of nowhere without any supervision, and nobody around watching, even though the street, we've heard was actually quite full of activity that morning. (AMS driving out and back in from taking her kids to school, LH arriving home with groceries, lawnmower man mowing, Savage out walking, Heather leaving for bingo, the Crabbs seemed to be busy, out and in, etc. The fellow at the tennis club who drove home after reportedly overhearing a phonecall, etc.) Not a shred of fabric, not a scent to be found by the sniffer dogs, nobody saw or heard a thing. Of course it is POSSIBLE some random pedo could've been so 'lucky' to come across that meeting of stars moon and sun, but... how likely is it really? Even in the other most unlikely case of the young child being taken from a tent while sleeping in it with her parents, someone saw SOMETHING (and IIRC, that something is what led to the investigation which solved that crime?). I've been trying to make SOME kind of sense of this for over 8 years now, so ... all just my thoughts wondering on all of the possibilities.