TX TX - Lina Sardar Khil, 3, last seen on playground @ apartment complex, San Antonio, 20 Dec 2021

[LeBlack]

I wonder if one reason why SAPD declines to publicly change Lina's age or state whether or not they believe she was abducted is that they already have someone on their radar?

(per @Turkeytrot's link https://mobile.twitter.com/MarkieMartin/status/1475901040469946368)

If they don't believe they need the public's assistance, then the height/weight/age wouldn't matter.

I don't believe she's older than 4 1/2 unless the photos they've been showing are older pictures.

 

[DutchTreat]

If they don't believe they need the public's assistance, then the height/weight/age wouldn't matter.

I don't believe she's older than 4 1/2 unless the photos they've been showing are older pictures.

Missing Texas Girl Lina Khil, Speaking w/ Ezra On Lina's Age, GoFundMe, Family, Dress & More - YouTube

I just watched this in which a man that knows the father said that Lina is 5.
And that some of these refugees state their children to be younger than they actually are so they will get benefits for their children for a few years extra.

 

[Tower]

If they don't believe they need the public's assistance, then the height/weight/age wouldn't matter.

I don't believe she's older than 4 1/2 unless the photos they've been showing are older pictures.

My hunch is what you’ve stated: exact details may not matter because the police don’t need the public out looking for her. Jmo
But this is absolutely bizarre to me: they just happen to have a photo of Lina in the red dress she disappeared in, but in a totally different size because she was at least 2 years younger in the photo where she’s wearing it? And we are pretty sure her age is totally wrong because she should have only been a baby in Afghanistan? But we think we may know the correct height and weight which would be a nearly impossible size for a 3-year-old?
There could be innocent explanations for all these discrepancies, but it sure makes it hard to know who we’re looking for.

 

[branmuffin]

I don't think it does either, but I did have a thought that might be why the details of height, weight, and age seem off. Do you think it's possible Lina is not their child, but maybe a relative or friends child that had them bring her to the US. Were all the refugees documented? It doesn't really matter, but I'm sure being in a new country is very scary, and they don't want to risk their chance for a new life. As the lady commented that when you're a refugee, were all a family.
I'm glad there is an interpreter now so maybe straight facts can be reported instead of them changing. I have heard of groups of people taking care of their problems themselves. Hopefully someone knows something and will handle it. Find her, and the perp and turn them over to LE. I think the SAPD can handle this with all they deal with on a daily basis. FBI also! I pray there is still time for saving Lina. To go thru what she's gone thru and escape that and into the arms of a devil. The world has gone mad!!! Sorry, got carried away. All my opinion!!

I concur with your opinion. Apparently, the family came to the US in 2019 during a time when DNA testing was only done on refugees coming through the southern border. I believe they are tightening those rules now to include all refugees coming into the country. The most recent Afghani refugees coming into the US after the removal of US troops in Afghanistan are usually sent to other countries to go through biometric testing including DNA before they enter the US.

Even if Lina isn't their child, I believe whatever reason they have her is from altruistic purposes.

It's difficult to adequately tell how old Lina really is. Height and weight charts only provide averages and with Lina's birthday being in February her height can be more in line with a 4 year old's height but still falls short by a couple of inches.

I also read that someone at the mosque explained that in the Afghani culture children are often left alone to play in group situations. A sort of global village mentality where everyone looked out for everyone else. There is nothing suspicious about that since many of us can remember when our own parents basically shooed us out of the house and instructed us to come home when the street lights came on. If they live in an environment that heavily leans to an Afghani population I can see that they'd think Lina would be safe in their company.

In the last couple of years we've seen a few toddlers in Texas turning up deceased and unfortunately it was the caregivers responsible for their deaths. I hope that is not the case here. IMO, MOO

 

[LietKynes]

The spelling........ anyhow, from the link.

“At this time, authorities say they do not expect fowl play.”

Hmm...
Then what do LE believe happened ?

My guess is that even w/o blood evidence, someone could have grabbed her.
If LE think she wandered off and is lost, it seems like she'd be located by now ?

 

[Stunned]

I keep thinking this has something too do with their life in Afghanistan. I am most likely wrong, but they have only been here 2 years. Grudges last a long time.

 

[branmuffin]

i have worked for the county in a very farm worker area in CA and still had trouble getting a Oaxacan / Mixtec interpreter, and Mexico is a lot closer and more common. There are dialects that are more difficult to source help with.

True, I worked for a police force in Ontario and they had problems sometimes getting interpreters in certain situations even though Ontario has millions of immigrants from all over the world. A friend of mine who was Italian had a hard time understanding the Neapolitan dialect yet a Maltese friend could understand Arabic!

 

[MsMarple]

Hmm...
Then what do LE believe happened ?

My guess is that even w/o blood evidence, someone could have grabbed her.
If LE think she wandered off and is lost, it seems like she'd be located by now ?

I think the poster was pointing out the misspelled word... "fowl" = bird vs. "foul" = bad.

IOW yet another case of a news article that no one bothered to spell check.

But I agree with you that if Lina wandered off she would have been found by now. Seems to me that's strong evidence that something else caused her to disappear.

 

[Friday Fan]

Missing Texas Girl Lina Khil, Speaking w/ Ezra On Lina's Age, ********, Family, Dress & More - YouTube

I just watched this in which a man that knows the father said that Lina is 5.
And that some of these refugees state their children to be younger than they actually are so they will get benefits for their children for a few years extra.

OMG! My grandparents were Christians in Ottoman Turkey: Women could not be seen with men. Men and women went to church in different locations.
How could I forget! Duh! No wonder mom or other women won't show up where men are present!

Evat thinks Lina's dad came in 2019, but Lina came in 2020.

Refugees go through a rigorous screening process...(I don't know if that was the case this summer) But previously, I knew that.

 

[Friday Fan]

I also read that someone at the mosque explained that in the Afghani culture children are often left alone to play in group situations. A sort of global village mentality where everyone looked out for everyone else. There is nothing suspicious about that since many of us can remember when our own parents basically shooed us out of the house and instructed us to come home when the street lights came on. If they live in an environment that heavily leans to an Afghani population I can see that they'd think Lina would be safe in their company.

In the last couple of years we've seen a few toddlers in Texas turning up deceased and unfortunately it was the caregivers responsible for their deaths. I hope that is not the case here. IMO, MOO

I was one of those kids who was forced to play outside all day! Plus I was forced to walk to and from school by myself. None of these "parents driving kids to school" business. My parents were not chauffeurs, they made that very clear. No one got rides to school in 1960s.

Child abductions by strangers occurred back then too. Still today child abductions are very rare.

I remember the Zodiac killer. Everyone wanted to "get out of school to avoid to Zodiac killer", who was gonna shoot up a school bus full of kids. School was not cancelled in Southern California, although we all wanted it cancelled. (I do not know if it was cancelled in any part of the state etc)

 

[dulcinea]

The age, weight, and height questions do not bother me. What I am struggling with is putting together the timeline of who last saw her and when. Yes, I know we have the initial reports and what they say happened. Now there is supposedly camera footage that narrows down a time but I am unclear what is or is not seen on the cameras. Maybe I am wrong, but I feel like that is a huge piece of the puzzle.

 

[branmuffin]

It's so frustrating not to have a solid age or height and weight.

If she is 3, then she absolutely isn't 4 feet tall and 55 pounds. Both things cannot be true at the same time.

She's either 6 and the height and weight are about right, or she's 3 and those things are way off.

I agree but if she was six and those are recent pics of her you'd think she'd be missing a few milk teeth by now.

 

[Knox]

https://mobile.twitter.com/MarkieMartin/status/1475901040469946368

Many of you have written me saying Lina Khil's height and weight seem OFF for a 3-year-old. Four feet tall, 55 pounds.

I just got off the phone/email with
@SATXPolice
who simply says: "Everything released to date is all we are releasing at this time."
1:46 PM · Dec 28, 2021·Twitter Web App

So what do we make of that statement from LE?

 

[MassGuy]

So what do we make of that statement from LE?

It's odd. That's very different than saying "we believe the information we have released is accurate."

For whatever reason, they seem to be saying that they don't think it matters (they'd update those details if they did).

Maybe they simply can't verify those things, or maybe they have an idea of what went down and it wouldn't change anything.

As for the latter point, we've seen that in past cases when it's clear to us that the information released early on was wrong, but law enforcement issued no correction.

In all of those examples I can think of, things were not as they appeared (a kidnapping did not occur and LE knew it).

I don't feel that way in this one though.

 

[Friday Fan]

I agree but if she was six and those are recent pics of her you'd think she'd be missing a few milk teeth by now.

I was 7!!!

 

[Friday Fan]

So what do we make of that statement from LE?

LE doesn't want to "deal with it". As MassGuy said they would need to verify it. We have pictures. We have an approximate age. No one pays attention to the weight. The height I feel is the most important. But we do have pictures. We have a video of her speaking also.

 

[lilithblue]

So what do we make of that statement from LE?

I think there is no easy way to prove what her age is, so they're just going with what they've been told, or what is on any sort of documentation they have. I would imagine they don't think it's all that important at the moment what her real age is, and I would agree. The height and weight are probably fairly close to accurate. It's not like someone is going to spot her and say, "It sure looks like her, but she looks five, not three," and be on their merry way.

 

[Turkeytrot]

I agree but if she was six and those are recent pics of her you'd think she'd be missing a few milk teeth by now.

This really varies though. My son lost his first tooth at 6 1/2. Now he's lost 6 in almost a year but it just varies

 

[FlossyMay]

Im just getting over covid and still have a touch of brain fog. So forgive me if I get confused. Were cadaver dogs brought in? Is it possible dogs hit on something and this is why LE is not worried about her description being accurate? I don't mean to be insensitive at all. Please don't take offense.

 

[Friday Fan]

Im just getting over covid and still have a touch of brain fog. So forgive me if I get confused. Were cadaver dogs brought in? Is it possible dogs hit on something and this is why LE is not worried about her description being accurate? I don't mean to be insensitive at all. Please don't take offense.

If so, we do not know. The first night, they brought blood hounds. They are searching culverts and things like that now. I don't see why they would not have a cadaver dog with them. But they don't need to announce it.