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I too think something is strange about how quickly the VD's called 911 and what was said.
Suppose for a moment that you and your spouse are recreational drug users - so much so that you reverse a lock on your house to keep the kids out. Now you wake up in the morning and shortly therafter - at 9:00am - you look into your kid's room and find them not there. Nothing is out of place - no sign of a struggle. It is not the crack of dawn - it is late in the morning.
If I am them - the first thing I do is ask my other kids if they know anything - look around the house, inside and out. By now I'm really nervous. I'd probably get on the phone and call any friends or relatives in the area who she may have for any reason gone to. I'd have them look all over thier places and call me right back. I'd have hubby out in the neighborhood - not just wandering around aimlessly - but looking in likely places - the park, the schoolground, any neighbor's yards where she's been known to go or has shown an interest in. A few calls might come back to me - "I've looked for her over at my place and she's not here - Do you need me to come over - what can I do to help?" Now I'm totally frantic. Hubby comes back with no news - didn't see her.
Now I know this part will not be looked at as the "right" thing to do - but it's logical - and it's what I would do. I still don't know what has happened - but I'm going to have to call police - before I do that - I'm going to make a panicked trip around the house and get rid of or hide any drugs and/or paraphanalia. After all - she may show up at any time. I would not be thinking the worst at that point - I'd just be scared - but I wouldn't want my life torn apart over my drug use if she was found later that day.
So if Danielle was truly found to be gone at like 9am with a ten minute gap before the 911 call - I find that odd. Ten minutes is not enough time to do all those things I mentioned. I actually think they did do the stuff about getting rid of incriminating things - like drugs. But it seems like they thought the worst so soon. If I would have found her missing - not in her bed at say - 3am or something - A quick search around the premises would have been enough - I'd have called 911 quickly - but at 9am - it would have taken me longer.
Sorry for the long ramble.

Mommya--here's a true story about premature 911 calling! Someone in our state (upstate I think) noticed their daughter missing--they had just started the "Amber" program, where notices of missing children are broadcast statewide immediately. So the girl ended up on the Amber broadcast, and everyone's tv and radio shows were interrupted for the alert. Within the next hour, with very red faces, it was announced the "missing" girl was at a friend's house, had actually left a note, but the mother didn't see it. Most embarrassed of all was the girl, no doubt!

I posted last night that I would not hesitate to call 911 immediately if my daughter was not in the house or yard. Others differ and that's fine, but it is what I would do. As to having drugs all over. So far all we know about is a joint that was smoked and finished in the vehicle at the bar. There isn't evidence they had drugs all over the place. The neighbor had brought the kids over and was told Danielle was still sleeping so it isn't like there aren't witnesses that she hadn't gotten up yet until the neighbor children arrived and then Danielle was discovered missing.

I like your ramble, mommya. If people are honest with themselves and imagine the scenario, most would agree.

I few years ago our daughter lived with us because her husband was deployed overseas. My granddaughter was 8 months old.

Both of our girls and one of our grandkids had the tendency to spike a very high temperature with even a mild illness when they were babies and toddlers.

One morning at about 3:00 am my daughter rushed into our room with the baby in her arms. She was limp, her eyes were rolling back and she was somewhat unresponsive. I was scared to death. But even at that, we tried to think for a minute if we should drive her to the hospital or call 911.

While checking her, a foamy substance started coming from her mouth. That was it. The call was made immediately. As it turned out (as I suspected) she had had a febrile seizure. Unbeknownst to us, she had an ear infection and that temperature shot up suddenly in the middle of the night.

My point is......we were terribly frightened, but the call was almost more terrifying because we were acknowledging to ourselves that it was serious. We felt horrible dread.

I believe that most people would want so badly to believe that she had to be somewhere in the neighborhood that they would thoroughly check that first. Naturally, that is why the 911 operator asked them if they had.

All would be different if it had been dark or the middle of the night. But since it was well into daylight, there would be a good chance that a 7-year-old would have gone outside and was playing somewhere.

I think the call may have been made right after the supposed discovery because they knew Danielle wasn't going to turn up. Sooner or later it had to be reported. There was plenty of time after the night before to get the story in order and then play it out.

I know that smears some people's red lipstick and interrupts other's porn obsession, but I think it is a definite possibility.

Her death may have been intentional or accidental, but the parents' involvement makes a lot more sense than Stealth Ninja Dave.

Not a ramble...Below is what I wrote last night about 911...I would add to it that I agree with you in part..I would go crazy sitting by the phone or waiting..but yes I would send hubby out to search the neighborhood while waiting for the police. Of course each person is different in how they handle it.. I don't think the cops could keep me at the house..but I would want someone by the home phone while I looked.

Dialing 911 so quickly is NOT abnormal. If a child, especially 7yrs old is missing from the house..at that age, and the yards and garage are checked... it's time to get help. Time is of the essence, especially in the big cities. Not only do you have to ''wait'' for the cops to get there..but THEN you have to wait for them to do their routine before they declare the child missing themselves. That takes precious time. IF the child is found, everyone's happy, alert or call is over and the police are HAPPY that they don't have to find a missing child. We have alerts that go out over radio, tv news..so people can be on the look out..extra eyes looking for the missing child. So far, the child the record's been great. Mostly runaways over age 12