Posted on 06/05/2002 12:27:43 PM PDT by let freedom sing
Parents Were Asleep In Bedroom
SALT LAKE CITY -- A gunman forced his way into a house and abducted a 14-year-old girl Wednesday while her parents slept in their bedroom, police said.
Police said the man also threatened Elizabeth Smart's 9-year-old sister and said he would harm the teen if her sister said anything. The two girls share a bedroom in the home in the affluent Federal Heights neighborhood.
Her sister waited several hours before alerting her parents because of the threat, said Duane Baird, a Salt Lake City police spokesman.
"A two-hour window gives anyone the opportunity to be away from this area," Baird said.
Searchers began looking for clues before dawn Wednesday.
Elizabeth was abducted at about 2 a.m. on June 5, 2002. The abductor is described as a white male, with dark hair and wearing a white jacket and a white baseball cap. Elizabeth was wearing red pajamas, and he let her take a pair of shoes, police said.
The sister told police that the soft-spoken man got into the house by forcing open a window and had a small black handgun.
In her pajamas without taking anything else? Letting her little sister by frightened and traumatized? I doubt it. The abductor may have known her, but if she willingly went with a boyfriend, she'd have snuck out and worn something other than pjs.
It's just you.
Her sister must be beside herself. She no doubt kept her mouth shut because she was terrified for her sister- just talk to experts in the field, and they will tell you so- I pray for them all. Especially that young sister. If Elizabeth turns up dead, the sister will always be wondering if she had anything to do with it, or could have done something different. It will haunt this poor family for the rest of their lives. This is such a tragedy.
5.56mm?
I imagine the Neopolitan Mastiff (pictured above) is the same as the Italian. Here is the blurb on the origins of the Rotty:
The Rottweiler is probably descended from the Italian Mastiff. During the Middle Ages, it was used as a herd dog. It was bred in the German town of Rottweil in Wurttemberg. Practically extinct in the 1800's, the breed population began a comeback in the early twentieth century due to the efforts of enthusiastic breeders centered in Stuttgart. Some of the Rottweilers talents include: tracking, herding, watchdogging, guarding, police work, carting, competitive obedience, and schutzhund.
My 'tag' line. The calibur (.223) in millimeters of the M-16 round. Shows I am a vet and supporter of the second amendment.
I get the same question all the time.
5.56mm
We don't really know if she kept her mouth shut for two hours. It might be a lie by parents and police. Its just as possible she went to parents right away and the parents don't want that to affect what the kidnapper does.
He could only carry one and if he killed one of them be probably would have awakened the others and gotten caught.
Ooohhhhhhh! *Thank you* for serving our country...and continuing to support the right to bear arms. :o)
Someone might want to look into connections.
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