A few posters here are being awfully hard on a traumatized 9 year old girl. I'm sure she is confused, in shock, and traumatized. I remember my night terrors very well at that age and the temporary paralysis I had. I wanted to call out, but my mouth wouldn’t open. If this girl’s sister is dead, how can this poor child ever learn to live with herself, knowing if she had spoken a little sooner, her sister might still be alive. What a terrible burden for a young girl. Paralysis during shock or trauma is a a common response.
Frankly, I don't care what the circumstances are. GET HER BACK HOME to her family, then later we can figure out if someone is lying. I don't think a sweet, harp playing, studious, smart Mormon girl in a loving home would run away with her boyfriend in the middle of the night in her red pajamas. But that's just me.
Where is the freaking outrage on these threads? Has the stealing and raping of our children become so common that no one cares any more? I see more outrage over the “possible” lie of a 9 year old and the “possible” running away of a 14 year old, than I see for the “possible” evil monster who stole this baby from her parents. He probably raped her again and again in every way imaginable, then he strangled her or stabbed her. She's dead in a field or ditch right now with ants crawling all over her. There are some heartless people here some times. I don’t get it.