“My question, though, is who leaves their kid in a burning vehicle in the first place? They didn’t drag anybody else out, did they? Was the parent, or parents, or passengers hurt or trying to get the little girl out? It didn’t say.”
My thoughts too.
There was no blond (the mother) among those running away from the car; therefore, the child may have been with other people (cowards as they were). They left her to die.
I don’t know but it appears the mother was wearing black pants. You could see some blond in hair. It may not have been the mother but it sure looks like her to me.