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.
Flame me if you want, but who thinks that is not a possibility?
I hope you are right because the other scenario's don't look good
And it seems clear that the younger sister is in on the deal and putting forward the cover story for her sister.
I could be totally wrong and it could have happened exactly as described in the article but at this time I am skeptical.
The nine year old sister waited two hours before wking her parents? Two hours? For crying out loud, I have a five year old who's sharper than that.
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
Everytime I've considered sneaking around a neighborhood at 2 AM, I've put on my WHITE jacket and WHITE baseball cap.
Police say there's no sign the man knew Elizabeth or his way around the house
The police can say anything they want, but this story just isn't passing the initial sniff test in my book.
Anything is possible, including the possibility the abductor wanted to feed her to his pet tiger.
In your scenario, the 14-yo ran off with her driving-age boyfriend, and the little sister is making up a story to cover up what she knows, so that "true love" can bloom. A fake abduction is a bit melodramatic, and not your likely elopement scenario. But if the little sister's making it up, we'll know soon.
Far more likely that the abductor is a pervert who saw her somewhere, followed her home, and took his chance at grabbing her. That'd be very bad: she's probably dead by now.
the two hour wait period---no disguise...
doesn't seem right!
I'm praying that's the case, just a stupid teen trick.
And I dont think the sister is making up the story. I think the missing sister gave her the story and instructions on when and how to tell it.
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