The reason being, so I am to understand, is that the stepmother informed the teacher that the boy had an “appointment.” But when questioned about the disappearance, the stepmother claimed that the “appointment” she was referring to was for the following week, and not on the day the boy disappeared. Coincidentally, the stepmother spent the day “doing errands,” but no one can account for her whereabouts, hence the police inquiry mentioned in the article. Additionally, the stepmother's Facebook page states that she's a fan of grisly crime dramas, like Dexter. When the boy disappeared, he was a wearing a CSI t-shirt.
The entire thing is incredibly suspicious, but I can understand the police wanting to take every precaution in building their case.
“I can understand the police wanting to take precaution with case”............ BULL CRAP, times awasting. That poor boy is out there somewhere. This makes me mad and sad.