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14 March 2008

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I had fully expected the 'breaking news' to be the discovery of a body, which is the usual scenario in these cases.

post by: essexjan at: 11:34 | 10 comments

It's always nice when they end up that way, isn't it?

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 14 March | 11:43

All the talk of her running away when she first went missing made me think she'd gone off with someone like a family member, so I did think this was a possible outcome. It never had the appearance of a proper stranger kidnap/murder to me.

posted by cillit bang 14 March | 11:54

Yes, usually abducted people are dead within the first 36 hours or so.

I'm glad she's physically okay and hope she's not too traumatized.

posted by Orange Swan 14 March | 12:15

thank god!

posted by By the Grace of God 14 March | 12:36

The nine-year-old was found "concealed" in the base of a divan bed at the address, the West Yorkshire force said.

Was she hiding from the cops? Did he hide her there? Was she kept in there? I can't stop asking questions can I?

posted by dabitch 14 March | 12:40

Yep, this was a total surprise - I'd written her off for dead ages ago. What'll be interesting now is, seeing as how the UK is one of the most CCTV-intensive countries on the planet, how they managed to pull something like this off.

posted by TheDonF 14 March | 14:37

Well there's not much pulling it off to be done - If the emergency protection order is anything to go by, the police think the family could all be in on it.

posted by cillit bang 14 March | 14:59

...seeing as how the UK is one of the most CCTV-intensive countries on the planet...

Is that why Toshiko's always looking at CCTV camera footage? I never realized...

posted by TrishaLynn 14 March | 15:09

Man, it's glad she's found alive. These things do happen, I just wish more missing kids were found alive. Interesting to see how this all pans out - whether or not her mother and step father were involved, or just one of them, or none of them. Poor kid.

posted by redvixen 14 March | 18:31

This situation is very odd. I'm glad she's okay.

posted by goo 15 March | 08:32

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