Wow. Something makes sense to me.. grove park is the farthest point from her school. IF she caught up to MC then she would turn here, turn with MC on Arbor, or go straight past gate of shortcut, around to briarwood, you can also cut through across from gate and go through the fence that is now "repaired" to Debarry. There were two places in this fence that looked like you could cut through from arbor to debarry. One looked to be where shortcut came thru (the one that starts in back of the park), but crosses over grove park and ends at debarry, there is an irrigation ditch that would have to be crossed and a way to get thru wood privace fencing. The other place in the fence on debarry looked like it came through where GC's house is, but im not sure, there is another vacant house two doors down (IIRC), so it could have been it. GC's house looks well loved, flowers and such, I doubt they would let there be a hole through the fence in their back yard (but if kids used it.. maybe?) (This is in a pic showing post propping fence back on debarry) (right across debarry from this patch job is more woods with a path) When walking on Gano towards grove park.. Grove park from the left does not directly cross from grove park on the right, its about a half a block further. The crossing guard stands there. If somer turned left with MC, she could have easily missed him. And if she went to place by the irrigation ditch after that, it would be on her way home. We need to know if and where she walked with MC.. straight to her house and cut through the fence.. or pass her street and go on to where? Three obvious choices.. :waitasec: Straight to irrigation ditch where the turtles are, or across from there thru the fence to debarry which puts her house almost right there, or down grove park to Briarwood and back to her house which is not that far either.. but alot further to me if I was walking. All the shortcuts leave her wide open to be abducted/abused whatever without any one seeing, but taking her away would not be so easy. behind the park you can drive a car