[fr_freak]

So you have to speculate that the aunt sold the child to this couple.

Well, if we are going to invent scenarios out of whole cloth, then mine goes this way:

The aunts rescued the girl from the government appointed foster parents because they were worried about how she would be treated and raised. It was immediately known that the aunts grabbed the girl, and two of the aunts were consequently found and arrested for taking the girl, while the third aunt managed to get away. Once she escaped the government agents, the aunt placed the girl with a family she knew well who would care for the child in a manner she could trust. Let's say that the aunts and the family they placed the girl with were all evangelical Christians in the same denomination, who don't believe in public schools or many of the other anti-Christian elements of modern society. The last aunt knew that she couldn't raise the girl herself, because she was wanted by the law, so she hid the girl with a family she knew while she checked on her from afar.

Sound like a better story? The only thing we know for sure is that the government grabbed a child for an unknown reason and placed her with a family not related to her and unknown to her, while attempting to keep the girl's actual blood relatives from caring for her. We can speculate on all kinds of wild scenarios all day.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Here’s a little more information from various sources:

“Amber was about 13 months old when she was abducted from a Chuck-E-Cheese Restaurant while in the custody of her foster parents in 2003 in Norwalk, California. Three of Amber’s aunts took her. Two of her aunts were caught at the time, but the third was able to get away with little Amber. The three aunts were juveniles at the time of the kidnapping which took place during a non-custodial visitation.”

“The FBI and the LA County Sheriff’s Department went with the Phoenix police to the home. What they found was little Amber in the shower under a pile of clothes, where an unidentified female had hidden her.

Her identify had been changed including her name and date of birth. She appeared to be in good condition. Authorities learned she has not been enrolled in school. A positive match was made from a footprint and DNA.”

“Amber had been in her grandparents’ care after her own mother had given her up, but then removed from the grandparents’ home and put in foster care. “

“Detectives began following several leads that led them to the Phoenix home where a sign outside advertises tarot card and psychic readings as well as a ‘healer.’”

“Phoenix police say the girl abducted by three aunts from her foster parents nearly seven years ago has never been in school and can’t read. The girl spoke English and some Romanian.”

I’m not a fan of CPS.

With what I’ve found, I doubt there was money involved. But I’m also quite certain this wasn’t an evangelical christian family trying to save the child from foster care. Looks more like some ethnic thing to me.

A 7-year-old should have been taught how to read, whether you believe in public school or not. It seems much more likely the child was held out of school for fear of being caught. Although you’d think a pyschic wouldn’t have to worry about getting caught, since they would know ahead of time and all. Could have been one of those Psychic Evangelical Christians though.