[Mrs.Liberty]

But this would have been extremely risky since police were on the scene before dawn.

In another time zone, maybe. Police were not called until close to 10 AM.

However, the perp could never be sure just when Danielle would be found missing and LE alerted.

[luvbach1]

Didn't remember that. I assumed that a missing 7-year-old in the dead of night would have promted an immediate call to police.But Westerfield, if he's the culprit, could not have safely assumed that police would not be called as soon as the abduction was discovered.