[mommya]

I'm near St. Louis - they are saying the child was up in the morning with her dad - mom home too - girl in PJ's - she wanted cereal - dad said "I'll get it in a minute" - he went to the john - came back and she was gone - grandparents live across the street - they thought she may have walked over there - she often did go over there - she wasn't there - sound familiar - dunno where they (national news) are coming up with this red haired guy with a goatee they are lookin for - local news says nothin about him.

Demsux - can you add anything here.

Wait a minute - more coming in - confusing - apparantly the dad moved or came into the nieghborhood to be near his children (divorced?) - the mom and kids stayed with the dad in this house - same details about the cereal and stuff - but there was another man in the house sleeping on the couch - when the dad came out of the john the little girl and the guy from the couch were gone - the guy came back soaking wet - saying he had gone for a swim - he's the red haired goatee guy - he's been in custody every since being questionned.

[mewzilla]

You mean the red-haired guy is a friend of the dad's?

[My Favorite Headache]

LOL...although not a laughing matter..I have been writing your post for the last 10 mins or so on this thread...it's ok though :)

[dawn53]

Again, in Tampa a few years ago, a guy who was a "one night stand" was staying with a woman, and her child ended up missing.

They never found the body of the little girl, but they were still able to convict the guy based on DNA evidence.

Wish I could remember his name, he was a strange bird, some crab trapper. I couldn't believe the mother would have let him stay in the same house as her kids.

[demsux]

I'm about 10 miles from valley park. Haven't been watching local news, but VP is a "low income" white (red-neck), river rat type of community. Plenty of vacant (flooded out) houses in that area.

Meramec River flows through there, BUT I have NEVER seen anyone swim in that particular part of the river.

Just downstream from Times Beach, the super fund site.