Police in search for missing 5 year old

Police in search for missing 5 year old

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retrobob

2,834 posts

188 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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petemurphy said:
whats a vans range before he needs petrol and is on cctv


Frik

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13,542 posts

242 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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z4chris99 said:
it's on in the office kitchen I have no choice
You have my sympathies. Presuming they are playing the same bits of footage repeatedly mixed with the occasional photo montage to pad out the fact they have no new news to report?

BoRED S2upid

19,641 posts

239 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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Superficial said:
Regardless of whether it's a small tight knit community a five year old should not be playing outside unattended.
I disagree. My neighbours kids play with the kids over the road (all around 5,6) on their bikes, falling off their bikes, climbing trees etc... they are yards from their houses and its a quiet culdesac but they are unattended and quite safe.

Ofcourse they aren't outside at 7:30 at night they are called in for their dinner at 6p, thats just rediculous to allow them out until 7:30.

SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

197 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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my kids are in bed getting their story's at 7:30 lol.. they're 6.

no way am i letting them play out so late in the evening until they can tell the time accurately on a normal watch/clock

croyde

22,698 posts

229 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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I have only just started allowing my 9 year old boy out in the streets with his mates after school but he has to be back at 6pm for his tea. Although my younger boy appears more streetwise at 6, he is not allowed out on his own.

I am more worried about older kids then paedos as my daughter at 12 has already had quite a number of her classmates, girls and boys, mugged and some beaten by yoots or yoofs.

SW London, such a nice place yet so full of scum.

Edited by croyde on Tuesday 2nd October 14:10

z4chris99

11,218 posts

178 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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Frik said:
z4chris99 said:
it's on in the office kitchen I have no choice
You have my sympathies. Presuming they are playing the same bits of footage repeatedly mixed with the occasional photo montage to pad out the fact they have no new news to report?
no news whats so ever... they did have an amusing segment from some village hall where a load of mums with pushchairs and youths in tshirts had gathered to join in the search on the hills..

i suspect there will be a few rescues off the hills as unprepared people go looking..

clockworks

5,292 posts

144 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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Since the parents haven't been on TV making an appeal, can we assume that they aren't suspects?

Some nut-job driving round an estate, snatching a kid in front of a witness seems unlikely. My gut feeling is that a group of kids wandered off, the missing girl had an accident, and the others made up a story so they don't get into trouble.

Morningside

24,110 posts

228 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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Very very sad. I hope she is found soon. But after this length of time it does not look good does it?

SystemParanoia

14,343 posts

197 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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another jamie bulger?

hurstg01

2,909 posts

242 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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SystemParanoia said:
another jamie bulger?
GOD I so hope not..... frown

croyde

22,698 posts

229 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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I keep clicking on this in the hope it's good news frown

mrmr96

13,736 posts

203 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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SystemParanoia said:
another jamie bulger?
Why would you say that? FFS

petemurphy

10,108 posts

182 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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surprised its that hard to find a grey van in that area on some sort of cctv in the last 24hrs

SplatSpeed

7,490 posts

250 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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SystemParanoia said:
another jamie bulger?
driving a van?

retrobob

2,834 posts

188 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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theboss

6,878 posts

218 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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BoRED S2upid said:
Superficial said:
Regardless of whether it's a small tight knit community a five year old should not be playing outside unattended.
I disagree. My neighbours kids play with the kids over the road (all around 5,6) on their bikes, falling off their bikes, climbing trees etc... they are yards from their houses and its a quiet culdesac but they are unattended and quite safe.

Ofcourse they aren't outside at 7:30 at night they are called in for their dinner at 6p, thats just rediculous to allow them out until 7:30.
This isn't in direct response to those quoted but generally... its disappointing to see so many people on this thread slamming the parents for allowing the child to be outside as if they are 100% culpable for whats happened. Without knowing more about the circumstances why be so quick to condemn? First of all its implied she was out late at night - its been reported she was taken at 7pm which is roughly when the sun would have set in West Wales last night, so it would been nearer daylight than pitch black depending on the weather. I have similarly aged kids and they are always still up and playing at that time in the evening. It's also been said she was taken very close to the family home and as has been said it can be quite safe and normal for kids this age to play outside with their friends, especially outside towns/cities.

So what if she were a few years older and it was deemed more acceptable for her to have been outside playing unsupervised, does this mean the reported abductor would have just driven by? No we'd almost certainly just have a story about a 7/8/9 year old girl disappearing instead. If she'd fallen in a nearby river or tried to cross a railway line whilst unsupervised then fine accuse the parents... but a random abduction just after teatime on what might have been within direct sight of the family home? Give them a break FFS...

Deva Link

26,934 posts

244 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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theboss said:
First of all its implied she was out late at night - its been reported she was taken at 7pm which is roughly when the sun would have set in West Wales last night, so it would been nearer daylight than pitch black depending on the weather. I have similarly aged kids and they are always still up and playing at that time in the evening. It's also been said she was taken very close to the family home and as has been said it can be quite safe and normal for kids this age to play outside with their friends, especially outside towns/cities.
I was thinking exactly the same. I think 7.30 is a bit marginal - 6.30 would be fine, 8.30 would be too late, and certainly dark at the time of year - but 7 to 7.30 is by no means outrageous.

We get groups of young kids running around our village going to and from the play area and never give it a second thought.

MadMullah

5,265 posts

192 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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The shame thing is that rural area's such as this town lack a good presence of CCTV so if it was an abduction by a stranger they would've been out of the area by quite a few miles by the time word got out.

by the blessings we live on an island so it can be said there was an immediate port lockdown.


retrobob

2,834 posts

188 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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The mother is fronting the presser.

mrmr96

13,736 posts

203 months

Tuesday 2nd October 2012
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Deva Link said:
theboss said:
First of all its implied she was out late at night - its been reported she was taken at 7pm which is roughly when the sun would have set in West Wales last night, so it would been nearer daylight than pitch black depending on the weather. I have similarly aged kids and they are always still up and playing at that time in the evening. It's also been said she was taken very close to the family home and as has been said it can be quite safe and normal for kids this age to play outside with their friends, especially outside towns/cities.
I was thinking exactly the same. I think 7.30 is a bit marginal - 6.30 would be fine, 8.30 would be too late, and certainly dark at the time of year - but 7 to 7.30 is by no means outrageous.

We get groups of young kids running around our village going to and from the play area and never give it a second thought.
Plus, "The Dark" never hurt anyone. Creeps can turn up regardless of time of day.