Here's my read:
The tweets from Westy PD and the fact that there's a new batch of flyers with several pictures of her that people can put up around town suggest that they're hopeful that she is still alive and they're hoping someone will see her. There was a lot about focusing on her facial features, recognizing that she might not be wearing her glasses now, that she's probably wearing different clothes (that one really makes sense to me because I'm a terrible face person who's more likely to recognize someone's hat than that person without a hat). As soon as they put out a PDF of the flyer, I'm going to print some and put them on my fence and in nearby areas.
As far as the statement about not having a person who's going around kidnapping kids, my guess is that any profile for her abduction doesn't suggest the perp is likely to grab another kid soon. I haven't taken it to be "no worries, it's all good" so much as "yes, this is terrifying but it doesn't mean you should be sitting next to your back door with a baseball bat." (Disclaimer: some raccoons were fighting on my deck last night around midnight, which makes quite a thumping racket. It completely flipped me out. When I turned on the light they were gone but one of them had peed on my deck--but all I could see at the time were wet spots. I'd actually heard raccoon noises and it all sounded like raccoons...but it didn't stop me from thinking that it was blood. [No, it wasn't. It was raccoon pee. Also, ick.] I'd guess the Westy and Arvada PDs are dealing with a ton of calls from paranoid parents.)
The tweets from Westy PD and the fact that there's a new batch of flyers with several pictures of her that people can put up around town suggest that they're hopeful that she is still alive and they're hoping someone will see her. There was a lot about focusing on her facial features, recognizing that she might not be wearing her glasses now, that she's probably wearing different clothes (that one really makes sense to me because I'm a terrible face person who's more likely to recognize someone's hat than that person without a hat). As soon as they put out a PDF of the flyer, I'm going to print some and put them on my fence and in nearby areas.
As far as the statement about not having a person who's going around kidnapping kids, my guess is that any profile for her abduction doesn't suggest the perp is likely to grab another kid soon. I haven't taken it to be "no worries, it's all good" so much as "yes, this is terrifying but it doesn't mean you should be sitting next to your back door with a baseball bat." (Disclaimer: some raccoons were fighting on my deck last night around midnight, which makes quite a thumping racket. It completely flipped me out. When I turned on the light they were gone but one of them had peed on my deck--but all I could see at the time were wet spots. I'd actually heard raccoon noises and it all sounded like raccoons...but it didn't stop me from thinking that it was blood. [No, it wasn't. It was raccoon pee. Also, ick.] I'd guess the Westy and Arvada PDs are dealing with a ton of calls from paranoid parents.)
