Comments expecting a mother to be crying and begging for the return of her child always bother me — why do people want to see that? Why should a mother in the worst moment of her life be expected to go through that? It feels exploitative to expect.
It also doesn’t seem to be a natural reaction to me at all. If I were in that situation, I would not want to be on camera, and I would not be able to speak. The only way I’d be able to is with heavy Benzos (and I can only hope a mother in that situation is offered them, it’s also likely the only way I could function enough to be helpful to authorities at all). So if I go on camera sedated by Benzos, I’m going to look like I’m sedated by Benzos. If you don’t consider that, then I’d obviously look off.
I’m also very all or nothing with crying, you’re not likely to get a tearful performance out of me. I can’t recover once I start crying. If I were to go on camera, explaining what happened sounds more manageable to talk about than begging for my child back. And which is more helpful? How often does a kidnapper turn a child because the mother asked on TV? Details of what happened could instead trigger a witness’s memory. Most importantly, it just makes people aware, regardless of what is said.
And while I can see how speaking in the past tense could be a giveaway that the person knows the child isn’t alive, I think people often read too much into it. If I’m thinking of a past event, I’m likely to use past tense. If my child was just kidnapped, I can’t fathom saying my child “is” happy — they were kidnapped by a stranger!!
Trauma can also affect recollections, stories get abbreviated for news coverage which can result in some things appearing inconsistent that aren’t with a longer explanation, and news coverage very often gets something wrong, and early news coverage often gets huge things wrong.
And getting hit from behind causing you to fall forward could surely cause you to hit your face into something causing a black eye, right? Or tapped from behind causing you to turn to look then you’re punched?
All that said, of course when I first heard of this story, my mind first thought that it’ll likely turn out to be the parents. It’s such an unlikely scenario, relative to the more common outcome in such cases.
But as unlikely as that story is, do I actually think coming up with that story as a coverup is more likely? Why pick a location likely to have cameras? Someone acting on impulse would be less likely to consider that. Wouldn’t the other children at least be able to verify the parts of the story they were there for? That scenario ends up feeling even less likely. Of all the coverups to arrive at, how would you think of that much less decide it’s your best option?
Maybe staged or faked for some other reason? A go fund me?
Based on what we currently know (very little), no theory is making very much sense. Hope the little baby is found safe soon.
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