How or why this little 9yr old acted as she did, is something she is going to have to live with for the rest of her life...some folks here, are yapping because she did not immediately run and tell her parents what happened, because their own 9yr old would have acted differently...for heavens sake, different 9yr olds act differently from one another, and certainly act differently from adults....
And the point about being frozen with fear is entirely valid...once time, the factory next door to our home was completely ablaze, and my dad ran around the house waking us all up, and telling us to go down the front stairs, and exit the house...
Well, I was probably about 14 or 15 at the time, and completely disobyed my dad(something I rarely did), ran into the kitchen to view the fire, from the window, and upon seeing the fire, was froze on the spot...I could not move, I could not speak...my dad, seeing that I was really frozen with fear, had to smack me across the face to bring me out of it, and get me safely out of the house....
I dont know for sure what has happened in this case, and neither does anyone else..I would also agree that the police are not going especially easy on the 9yr old at this point, in consideration of her age or her tender feelings...I think, rightly, the police concern is for finding out as much information as possible to find this missing girl....and if that means they must make sure that the 9yr old is really telling the truth, then that is what I think they are doing...
When Polly Klass was kidnapped, right out of her home, in front of other little girls that were spending the night there, there were those who are so warped, that they somehow refused to believe that a perverted stranger would take such a chance...that somehow little Polly or someone in her family was in on it...people just love to speculate, in dredge up the worst possible scenario...
I suppose just anything is possible....its possible that she ran away, its possible that the little sister knew about it, its possible they knew the person who entered the home...is it probable? Well, I dont know, and neither does anyone else here...
Right now, the concentration should be on finding this little girl, and checking and double checking the 9 yrs olds story as much as possible, and maybe as frequently as possible...check often, to look for any possible inconsistencies in her story, yes, but also its possible the 9yr old, in she is traumatized, may have forgotten something earlier, that now she may remember...
I will pray for this little missing girl, and for her family, and pray that there is a happy ending to this story...
Praying for her safe return and the capture of this low-life that preys on innocent children.