[EllaMinnow]

Westbrook says when she contacted the school, the vice principal had no knowledge of her child and said her son may have gotten confused with another conversation she was having with an older student.

We don't even know if the school had the wrong address. We don't even know if the child misunderstood the vice-principal. All we know is that the child thought he was told to walk home - and he hadn't been prepared for that eventuality. And, IMO, 5 years is too young to be forced to make an independent act.

[USAFJeeper]

Probably :) I think I picked out a random message to hit reply to.

[AndyJackson]

We don't even know if the school had the wrong address.

If the article is accurate (I know we are talking about reports here) then we do know that the school had the wrong address. The mother said so.