Wait, somebody calls police to report the 5 YO is wandering the neighborhood, but doesn’t bring him inside to safety? Police then find the boy in front of a local Methodist church.
What’s wrong with people today?
Maybe it was a single man who was afraid he would somehow be suspected of kidnapping the child if he took him into his home for safety. That’s how our world is today.
The story is not very complete, is it? Perhaps he used a cell phone to call the police, and stayed with the child until they arrived. Who knows?
Because most folks are smart enough to not want to risk $10s of thousands in attorney's fees.
Perhaps the caller was afraid that he would have been in some kind of trouble if he had done so--as sometimes happens to Good Samaritans who stop to help accident victims.
Who knows? Maybe they were scared off by the thought that the kidnappers were close by.
That’s Cali-Vegas, man.
The caller could have been one of the kidnappers or connected to the kidnappers who let the boy go because there was already too much heat and the only way to reduce that heat was to let the boy go unharmed.
I would not allow a child to enter my home or occupy my premises without the specific consent of a custodial parent unless that child was clearly in need of immediate, urgent medical care or was in clear and present danger in the public place. To do otherwise would be inviting police harassment and the increased chance of civil litigation.
Where do you get all that?
The caller could have easily been on a cell phone and waited with the boy for police to respond. They have not released specific information about how he was found, who called, if the reporting person was on a cell, standing with the boy, etc etc.
The only fact that seems evident here, is that someone called and the boy was picked up and is now safe. I'd guess that is a good thing.