Anxiety, worries grip missing girl's parents
http://video.uniontrib.com/news/metro/danielle/20020207-9999_1n7girl.html
February 7, 2002
Douglas Pierce, who works with the fund, spent an hour in the house with the family yesterday. "I visited Danielle's room and it was very emotional, very overwhelming," Pierce said. "There were all her favorite things waiting for her." The room is painted in Danielle's favorite colors, pink with purple trim. Alongside Danielle's bed was her favorite toy, a giant green frog that she hugged at night. A Barbie doll sat near a collection of stuffed toys. A journal was open to the last entry, penned last week about good will, Pierce said.
NOTE: A friend of the vds, and I'm sure this can be confirmed with school if the parents allow it, said that she was advanced in her thinking and writing.. (that's from news articles)