[E. Pluribus Unum]

My point is that once the police began conducting a search, they should have re-traced every nook and cranny the parents had already searched.

So as soon as a parent reports a missing child, the police are to drop everything else and look for that child until he/she is found?

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Okay, the police are not at fault for this. They were busy with other stuff. Sheesh.