BTW, if the article you posted is both accurate and factual, it appears the stepfather is obviously the primary and sole suspect.
Since you also state that the situation is/has received extensive local and regional coverage... Why the rant against the mostly ignored national MSM?
Are there any indications “step-daddy” transported Rowan across state lines?
I am a bit ticked that the MSM gives no notice of this while it harps on a missing child on the other side of the globe.
As for crossing a state line.. highly possible since Stella is about 15 miles from the Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas lines.
BTW, a LOT of people who live in this area are unable to even get local television stations. Many, like myself, get most of our news from the national networks. At my house, in order to recieve local stations, it requires an antenna on a 60 foot mast, with a rotor and power amplifier. Those who are not in town where cable is available mostly get their TV by satellite, and most do not have such an antenna as I do.. thus are unable to got local news stations. National networks broadcasting it will reach a large number of people, right here in the region where it happened, who are unaware of it otherwise.
A few months ago, when a guy walked in a church in Neosho and started shooting... a LOT of locals knew nothing about it until they saw it on national news.
Speaking for myself, it is pretty damned aggravating having been out riding in the woods all day hunting for her, and coming home, flipping on the TV, and they are discussing a girl who disappeared months ago in Portugal.