[NativeNewYorker]

Elizabeth was reported taken at gunpoint from her million-dollar home...

Uh, does anyone own a million-dollar home with no security system whatsoever?

[Mo1]

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[phasma proeliator]

ummmm.... Yeah.

[stanz]

I heard they had a security system, but it was turned off because "it disturbed the children." I can't imagine how.

[wheezer]

Uh, does anyone own a million-dollar home with no security system whatsoever?

Yup, my mom.

She does have a nice shotgun, and I wish she'd get a dog to go with it.

[wardaddy]

I read yesterday on this forum that the father buys homes and renovates them or remodels them and that the family lives in them while this is going on until he finishes and resells hopefully at a profit. That might explain the alarm question if the house is under some sort of construction. It simply might have had the window connector sensors turned off and just the doors on or maybe that sector had the alarm off. Just guessing.

[buffyt]

If the nights are cool in Utah like they are here in LA, they may have been sleeping with their windows open. I know my alarm system in Texas has to have the window closed for the alarm to function - goes off if window is opened. If you sleep with windows open, that means you had to turn alarm system off at that window.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Lots of people who have them don't use them regularly, especially with 6 kids and a constant parade of construction/renovation workers going in and out of the house.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

"Uh, does anyone own a million-dollar home with no security system whatsoever?"

Unfortunately, people get lax. I sure don't want to lay this on the hearts of the parents. Nor would I on a parent whose child ran out in front of a car and died.

It may have been a horrible mistake, perhaps even a fatal one to make. But we all make mistakes.

People have a right to be safe in their own homes, lets put the blame here on the right person friend. I know you're feeling the same frustration and sick to your stomach feeling I am, I just have to bite my tongue at times,..because I too am frustrated. But I remind myself that this family is going through an un-imaginable nightmare as it is. I imagine they are asking themselves the same questions. This is going to be a horrible thing to relive for the rest of their lives...... Just mho

[Protagoras]

Uh, does anyone own a million-dollar home with no security system whatsoever?

A million dollar home isn't as rare as it once was. Living in New York you should recognise this. :-)

[crystalk]

Yes, many here do, and if home prices keep going up, we all will.

[Sword_Svalbardt]

Okay, here I go again. The house was under construction/renovation. The alarm system did not function. The problem other than the missing girl is that the police regime is still under the throws of Ruben Ortega (a democratic appointee who was nothing but ineffectual).

The police force, and the sherriffs department waited 26 hours after the incident prior to doing anything, which also included following up false leads, under crisis management.

Now they are looking for a transient, who is wanted for questioning, and not a suspect. He drives a green sedan with Utah plates.

Why were not all leads dealt with on a parallel time level. Meaning why did they prioritize, and not delegate the authority they have. Okay?