Why would somebody ditch the wheels as opposed to the whole bike?
I am glad you believe it...I am becoming such a cynic, I don't expect anyone to be found anymore, ever...
As a psychologist, I can say that it varies from child to child. In my personal and professional experience, a child can tell a lie and stick to it - if it is coming from within the child. However, a child who is told to tell a lie and go along with a story usually can't do it for very long at that age. They may be able to keep repeating what they were told - but not be able to embellish any other details.
For example, if a child were told to lie in this case, and then were asked during questioning, "What were you and Breeann talking about while riding?" or "Did you ride side by side, or were you racing?", a 5-yr-old wouldn't have the reasoning ability to keep embellishing if they were told to repeat a certain story line -- riding bikes, went inside to get a drink, came out, and Breeann was gone. An older child may be able to continue and add to what they were told to say, but not a younger child.
I don't have research to back this up - it's just my own experience/observations. It's fairly easy to catch a young child in a lie, if questions are asked that are open-ended and address things that didn't happen.
Another observation: depending on how old the 5-yr-old is (just turned 5 or almost 6), then a 5-yr-old may not even get concerned if s/he goes back out and can't find their sibling. They may just keep riding and go play with something else, then when asked by an adult where so-and-so is later, just shrug and say they don't know. They don't (usually) have the ability to see the big picture/danger of a child being missing and will assume the other child is playing elsewhere, etc.
Hope this helps...
Her father, Edgar Rodriguez is asking anyone with a four wheeler or able body to help join the search.
"We need all the help we can," said Rodriguez.
He says he spent all of Friday searching.
Meanwhile, Police Chief Omar Karnes tells Heartland News no new potential evidence was discovered Friday.
"We have interviewed several more people who have called with tips," said Karnes.
They are also working on strategy for a big search this weekend.
"We have to keep going," said Karnes.
This week fire fighters discovered two training wheels south of Senath just off a county road. Karnes says they still are waiting for crime lab results to match them to Breeann's bike. Though Edgar Rodriguez says he believes the wheels belong to his daughter.
Police say they still need information about a white van, but have no persons of interest.
Why would somebody ditch the wheels as opposed to the whole bike?
Not saying this is what what happened, but just one scenario. If she was struck by a car and the bike was damaged, perp may throw the tw's out to make LE think she was abducted. Could explain the bent tw also.
**I'm thinking the brackets were bent and not the wheels themselves.
wow... I thought NG would give little Breeann at least some coverage![]()
I went to go check out my daughters bike, to see how easy it is to take apart. And its the same bike as the one in the pic, from walmart. And my conclusion, I thought it would just crumple, but I think it would take some time to take the training wheels off. Which got me thinking, maybe they took the whole bike apart, accidently left the training wheels on the truck bed, and thats why its like this. Now why go through all that trouble. The more I think about this little girl, the more cases I think about, its someone close by, either a family friend, a neighboro nearby.
Whats sickens me is. That a child could be in a bedroom and LE might not even see them. KWIM. That could of taken place.
I just can't imagine a stranger abductor stopping everything to take the time to take the training wheels off a bike.
You toss the WHOLE bike into a dumpster, into a field, off a bridge, jump back in your vehicle and keep on truckin'.
The only thing I can think of - and it's a stretch - is that somebody finds the tossed bike in a dumpster or a field or a lake, takes it home to their kid, makes a big deal over how much money they spent on the bike, the kid loves it, and then... they see Breeann's bike on TV, and rather than say Oops! Gotta call LE, honey, they take off the training wheels and toss them rather than disappoint their kid and have to explain that they didn't buy the bike after all, but got it out of a dumpster.
But a stranger abductor stopping to take training wheels off a bike? Newp. Not gonna happen. :snooty:
Check out the childs facebook, a woman claims kfvs12 says a suspect was arrested, about 5 minutes ago, still searching!
Check out the childs facebook, a woman claims kfvs12 says a suspect was arrested, about 5 minutes ago, still searching!