Soyesterday, I tried to answer your questions as best I could based on what Ive read. Answers are in blue.
I can't remember....are there houses all lined up on her walk to school?
See map. The total distance of the route Amber takes from her home to the location of the school (1535 N Broadway) is less than a mile, north on Paradise Street, West on Vista Avenue and finally South on Broadway walking toward the school. It was here where two parents in different cars reported seeing Amber walking on the west side of the street.
Her parents are divorced right?
Yes
And her Mom has a boyfriend?
Yes
Did she live w/ her dad or her mom?
Her mom (at least she was at the time)
Does her dad have a girlfriend too?
Yes
And hasn't the mom and boyfriend taken a lie detector test?
In other developments in the case, Amber's parents, who are separated, along with the mother's boyfriend, all voluntarily took and passed polygraph tests, the North County Times reported. They have been ruled out as suspects, Lt. Bob Benton told the paper.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29306087/
She was last seen at a certain place....just a few hundred yards from the school right?
Yes
Did she look like she was walking TOWARDS the school or AWAY from it?
Toward the school at about 7:10AM; kind of jogging/hurring; near the driveway that leads past a school bus maintenance yard and down to the farmyard.
Didn't her mom say she talked to her in the morning...was that by phone or was she w/ her mom?
That part confused me....cuz i was thinking i read that her mom said that Amber would call everyday after school, but she didn't get the phone call that day, so she went (?) home and heard the recorded message on the machine? Was it on the mom's machine?
Or did she go to Amber's dad and hear it on his machine?
If i read right, that she calls her mom everyday after school, then i'm assuming she was calling from her dad's house?
Or was it just her cell phone?
CARRIE MCGONIGLE, MOTHER OF MISSING 14-YR-OLD, AMBER DUBOIS: I went to work early that morning. I saw her before I left for work, and I went in and I told her she was getting her baby lamb, that she was -- been wanting for a year to -- she guaranteed she`d take care of it. I went over and gave her a hug, a kiss, told her I loved her and told her I`d see her later that evening.
GRACE: Miss McGonigle, when did you realize Amber was missing?
MCGONIGLE: About 4:30.
GRACE: Oh, no. So the whole day had gone by before anybody realized?
MCGONIGLE: Well, yes. She -- called me when she gets home from school. And when she didn`t call, I was at work, I called her cell phone and it went straight to voice mail. And then I left work. Thinking she was.
GRACE: So.
MCGONIGLE: Thinking she would be at a friend`s house, or, you know, just being a teenager. But there was no sign of her.
GRACE: So Mr. Dubois, the whole day passes and no one realized she was gone, the school didn`t call home or anything?
DUBOIS: The school called and left a message at the house. And once Carrie got home, she listened to the message and received it. But, yes, we had no -- no notification that.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIP.../26/ng.01.html
Did she leave alot earlier than usual? One parent/witness says she was there a little earlier than usual (~7:10AM)
Why?
See above. If her mom told her that morning she could have the baby lamb, I think its possible she left a little early with plans to stop by the farm before the first bell at 7:30. She also sent 4 text messages to her grandmother at 6:45AM and texted a friend before heading out the door to school. Maybe she texted them to tell them she was getting the lamb?
Why did she have to walk alone? I dont think its uncommon for kids that age to walk to school alone. I found this in an article: McGonigle said she and her daughter had just talked about what the teen would do if someone tried to grab her. "She said she would kick and hit him," she said.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=6940098&page=2