Posted on 11/06/2014 3:32:15 PM PST by CedarDave
The mother of a 10-year-old Rio Rancho girl who disappeared for three days last week says her daughter spent that time hiding in the neighborhood and in desert open space a mile from their home.
Alexandra Greenwall’s disappearance prompted a search by multiple law enforcement agencies that combed the neighborhood and nearby open space areas on foot, in off-road vehicles, in a helicopter and with bloodhounds.
She returned home unscathed about 7 p.m. Saturday.
Catherine Greenwall Allen said Wednesday that her daughter told her she hid in thick bushes in their central Rio Rancho neighborhood and moved to the open space, able to keep out of sight of the search parties looking for her.
Wednesday, Rio Rancho police said they had closed their investigation; they found that the family and girl’s stories were consistent and there was no evidence of wrongdoing.
The girl left the home prepared, with a backpack full of clothing and another with a sheepskin rug and a blanket to lie on, Allen said.
While searchers scoured the streets around their Idaho Creek Road home, Alexandra was hiding in the desert, Allen said. When the search moved into open spaces, the girl returned to the neighborhood.
Allen said the girl left home early last Thursday, angry because her mother and stepfather had “come down hard on her” over her grades. Allen said the girl also was upset because she wasn’t getting to see her “other dad,” another stepfather who lives in Madrid, enough.
Her message to parents: “Talk to your children about running away. Use this story as an opportunity to talk to your children, because we were all scared half to death.”
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I didn’t see anything in the article that says bloodhounds were used. Did I miss something?
She was probably hiding out at my house, she wouldn’t have seemed out of place here on any given week end. My daughter has numerous friends staying over, every single week end.
Interesting. I’m calling it a happy ending. I think. Thanks for posting.
NOW I wonder why they weren't used. They WOULD have found her very fast.
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