[carola]

The police blew it. Because of the location of the house on a secluded cul de sac it seemed a given early on that the kidnapper had been at the house at some previous time. How difficult is it to investigate every person who had been in that house in the last five years? Why wait until nine months later when the sister finally decides it might have been Emmanuel? Apparently Emmanuel was well known in the community and obviously a nut of some kind. Emmanuel's former wife was telling everyone yesterday that the man is a pedophile, yet he was ignored as a suspect until recently.

I agree that there are fishy aspects to this case, but the important thing is that Elizabeth is alive and with her family.

[twigs]

Actually, Mary Catherine remembered the the intruder might be Emmanuel in October. You're right; the police blew it. They did not want to go public with the sketch. Finally Ed did it. It may have been very difficult, tho, to investigate every one who had been in the house. They are part of a large community and they obviously made their home available to people who needed help. Their going over all the people at some point triggered a memory in MC. I don't find that unuusual at all.