Thank you for making that clear, Sandude. We all need to do as you did, and read the WHOLE article, not just some piece of it.
I've never paid much attention to the furor about whether it was the police, or the neighbors, who were summoned first--or to the questions about Ed running around the neighborhood "leaving his family unprotected."
As for the possibility of neighbors being told b/f police were called, I think in that situation, I'd make darned sure my teenager wasn't at some neighbor's house, or hadn't gone out running, b/f I alerted the police. I'd probably doubt the story about the man at first, thinking my 9-yr-old was probably freaked out and confused. I have occasion to call the police every now and then, but I wouldn't want them to think I was some crackpot who always went off the deep end immediately.
I'd have been in constant motion, carrying a cellphone if possible, searching for my child in the neighborhood, either by car or on foot, but in the back of my mind I'd have been saying, "Your child has been out of your sight before, you were worried about it, it always turned out all right, it's gonna be all right this time, too."
As for the notion that Ed "left his family unprotected," there was a teenaged boy, older than Elizabeth, there, and Lois is not some cripple. If they own a gun, she could hold the thing as easily as could Ed.
I'm still waiting for a copy and paste of this alleged statement from the source. I have the article right here, and I am finding nothing......other than Suann Adams' statement which contradicts statements made by the district attorney and the responding police officers.
I'll be back later to see if either of you have come up with anything......