GUILTY OH - Elaina Steinfurth, 17 months, Toledo, 2 Jun 2013 - #1

[vasportsmom]

“I need all the support that I can get to bring her home. Anything to keep me comfortable and from losing my mind,” said Angela Steinfurth, Elaina’s mother.
http://www.northwestohio.com/news/story.aspx?id=905905#.UbIxMJxmN_O

Ummm....what does she need to keep her comfortable? Is she asking for money? Or a place to stay? Why is this all about her?

Wouldn't you have lost your mind the second you discovered your 18 month old baby missing?

 

[The Cheese]

Toledo OH Journal ‏@toledoohjournal 40s
Day 6: Still no sign of missing Elaina as crews expand search: Family members and members of the Federal Bureau... http://dlvr.it/3TrJsy

 

[The Cheese]

Angela Steinfurth - Interview Transcript 6/4

http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/22533597/angela-steinfurth-interview-transcript-search-for-elaina

 

[Elainera]

Angela Steinfurth - Interview Transcript 6/4

http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/22533597/angela-steinfurth-interview-transcript-search-for-elaina

Just from my gut - I don't believe her. Something sounds off.

She never says Elaina's name.

 

[vasportsmom]

Angela Steinfurth - Interview Transcript 6/4

http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/22533597/angela-steinfurth-interview-transcript-search-for-elaina

It is really odd that she repeatedly refers to herself and Elaina's father in a way that would make a less informed listener assume they are still a couple.

He's in another relationship isn't he? I wonder how new that is. Is it possible that she wanted him back and he wasn't receptive so she decided hell would freeze over before he raised her "mommy's girl" with another woman? Or could she think that hiding the baby for a while would send him running back to her to be a happy family?

 

[vasportsmom]

Just from my gut - I don't believe her. Something sounds off.

She never says Elaina's name.

Isn't that kidnapping 101 ... Say their name over and over to personalize them to the kidnapper?

 

[katydid23]

I still can't believe this sweet girl hasn't been found.

I know. it is heartbreaking.

O/T: I was thinking about you when I saw that brushfire on the news yesterday. Did you guys get much smoke?

 

[katydid23]

“I need all the support that I can get to bring her home. Anything to keep me comfortable and from losing my mind,” said Angela Steinfurth, Elaina’s mother.
http://www.northwestohio.com/news/story.aspx?id=905905#.UbIxMJxmN_O

Ummm....what does she need to keep her comfortable? Is she asking for money? Or a place to stay? Why is this all about her?

I know what you mean. Anything to keep me comfortable...Hmmmmmmm such odd words to say when your precious baby is missing and being looked for in lakes and fields and abandoned houses...

 

[2girlzmm]

Okay if one of my daughters were missing 1) I would be hysterical 2) I would be holding a pic of missing daughter in front of the camera when being interviewed as well as using her name. There is something way off with this mother. Her eyes are not even red like they would be if she had been crying for her precious Elaina. Please Dear God bring Elaina home to her daddy and her sister.

 

[vasportsmom]

Okay if one of my daughters were missing 1) I would be hysterical 2) I would be holding a pic of missing daughter in front of the camera when being interviewed as well as using her name. There is something way off with this mother. Her eyes are not even red like they would be if she had been crying for her precious Elaina. Please Dear God bring Elaina home to her daddy and her sister.

Now guys, if she held up a picture and talked only about her missing child, who would hold her can of rootbeer and get the word out about her need for support and comfort?

 

[Kaliste]

I know. it is heartbreaking.

O/T: I was thinking about you when I saw that brushfire on the news yesterday. Did you guys get much smoke?

None at all! The wind was working in our favor

 

[SCHMAE]

I've thought about this a lot while looking over these cases and I'm a real anxious personality type anyway. It doesn't take a ton of drama to trip me over into freak show land. I think if one of my kids were missing, honestly, I don't even know if I could upright and conscious enough to be on camera. When they say get in front of the camera and beg and plead , I do not know if I could. I mean I guess I would do what I had to but it was just be hysteria/waterworks/unintelligible . People would feel bad or have me committed, but the straight face, dry eyes thing..... if they're not guilty, they are amazingly composed people to do that !

 

[CatFancier]

Now guys, if she held up a picture and talked only about her missing child, who would hold her can of rootbeer and get the word out about her need for support and comfort?

:cat:

meow!
=^..^=

 

[Elainera]

I know what you mean. Anything to keep me comfortable...Hmmmmmmm such odd words to say when your precious baby is missing and being looked for in lakes and fields and abandoned houses...

Yes I also found that very very odd. Which mother talks about her own comfort at a time like this?

 

[vasportsmom]

:cat:

meow!
=^..^=

Lol, I admit that was a rather catty remark. In my defense I have been in the car over 13 hours and with 2 hours still to go (darn NC traffic) and any brain to mouth filter I may have had called it quits hours ago.

 

[MsFacetious]

Wouldn't you have lost your mind the second you discovered your 18 month old baby missing?

Having been in that situation for 30 minutes I can definitely say YES.
I am an extremely calm person in emergencies, freakishly calm.

My mother's seizure when I was 10 years old... I called 911 and calmed my Dad down.
My father cutting off his thumb when I was 12 years old, I took charge then too.

But I fell APART when that kid escaped outside and I couldn't find her.
I still called everyone and did everything right but I was hysterical.
I hadn't cried in YEARS previous to that day. :twocents:

 

[vasportsmom]

I wish the father would reach out to one of missing kids organizations that could help him drum up more media coverage. I really feel like the truth would come out pretty quickly if enough reporters started pushing the right buttons. I suspect that this is not a group of people that would welcome LE and the media poking around in their business for long and loyalties would suddenly change if it meant getting the spotlight off of them.

 

[cluciano63]

I've thought about this a lot while looking over these cases and I'm a real anxious personality type anyway. It doesn't take a ton of drama to trip me over into freak show land. I think if one of my kids were missing, honestly, I don't even know if I could upright and conscious enough to be on camera. When they say get in front of the camera and beg and plead , I do not know if I could. I mean I guess I would do what I had to but it was just be hysteria/waterworks/unintelligible . People would feel bad or have me committed, but the straight face, dry eyes thing..... if they're not guilty, they are amazingly composed people to do that !

I think you would find you could do it, if police were telling you it might help. Personally I find the crying, unintelligible people some of the most sincere but that is a just me.

 

[vasportsmom]

After 15 hours I am finally back home. Now it is time to get our sweet girl home!

 

[Ferretmommy]

How long have Elaina's parents been split, does anyone know ?

end of February 2013