This one just makes my heart ache. The perp has to be someone who knows the mother. Someone who lives in the community or works at hospital or doctor's office. She had to know that the mother was pregnant, when due and where she lived. The mother living in a rural area. This would not be a chance abduction. The father? Could this be someone with a connection to the father?
I was also wondering if the abductor might have some connection with the (unmentioned) father. Maybe the mother has given the police useful information that's not in the news.
The poor little baby!
I read several news stories on this, and the father was at work. The child has his name. They had signs in the front yard announcing the birth of the child. The perp probably picked them out because of the signs in the yard.
I think the father was living with the mother, but they didn't have the same surname. He was interviewed in the MSM as well.