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I am a very creepy-looking single dude.....there is NO WAY I come within 10 feet of an unaccompanied little kid.
No, I am not a sex-offender, but I do my best to keep at least 10-feet distance from anyone who looks under 18.
The sad thing is that most children who are abducted are abducted by family or known people, and yet we as a society still cringe at a man who wants to sincerely help a kid.
You have to be a very special type of stupid to try to abduct a child while hanging out with cops, specially when different race (you can't even try to lie about it).
I think the incident happened during weekend visitation and the father is trying hard to divert attention from the fact he was probably drinking hard, not taking care of his kid and would have driven the kid back probably above the legal limit. He screwed up and is trying to cover it. If I were the Good Samaritan I would press charges for assault and libel against him and his Facebook buddies
This. However, at the same time, it doesn't fit the "Samaritan's" alibi, that he was taking the child out to the parking lot. But it never would have happened if the dad had attended to his child, or arranged for the child to stay home in the first place.
This. However, at the same time, it doesn't fit the "Samaritan's" alibi, that he was taking the child out to the parking lot. But it never would have happened if the dad had attended to his child, or arranged for the child to stay home in the first place.
According to the WashPo article in the OP, the only person who said anything about taking her to the parking lot was the child's father, who is not the most reliable narrator of this event. The police statement says that the "Samaritan" was walking around with her, toward the playground, looking for her family.
According to the WashPo article in the OP, the only person who said anything about taking her to the parking lot was the child's father, who is not the most reliable narrator of this event. The police statement says that the "Samaritan" was walking around with her, toward the playground, looking for her family.
Thank you for clarifying this. This makes more sense.
According to the WashPo article in the OP, the only person who said anything about taking her to the parking lot was the child's father, who is not the most reliable narrator of this event. The police statement says that the "Samaritan" was walking around with her, toward the playground, looking for her family.
Where is the playground? Is the playground the same direction as the parking lot? Either way, it sounds like it was away from the people in the bleachers watching the game.
Playground is under the trees next to the bottom left of parking lot, well away from all 4 baseball diamonds. Why not take her to the concession building? In my experience, there are usually loudspeakers to make publi announcements.
Where is the playground? Is the playground the same direction as the parking lot? Either way, it sounds like it was away from the people in the bleachers watching the game.
So? If the Good Samaritan thought the child had wandered away from the playground (a reasonable assumption), it would make sense to head back in that direction to search for her parents. It doesn't imply nefarious motives.
So? If the Good Samaritan thought the child had wandered away from the playground (a reasonable assumption), it would make sense to head back in that direction to search for her parents. It doesn't imply nefarious motives.
Exactly, it would be pretty normal to assume that a toddler wandered away from the playground and not the ball fields.
So? If the Good Samaritan thought the child had wandered away from the playground (a reasonable assumption), it would make sense to head back in that direction to search for her parents. It doesn't imply nefarious motives.
It isn't necessarily nefarious but it's also not very smart to take a small child away from the main hub of activity towards a wooded area next to the parking lot, especially when you clearly have not verified her parents aren't in the crowd and have not enlisted anyone else's help, especially when you have to pick up and carry the child because she does not want to hold your hand and walk with you. Maybe his next step was to put her in his car and drive around town looking for her parents?
Here's a rule of thumb - you don't ever "take" a lost child anywhere. If you cannot find her parents in the immediate vicinity, that is the time to enlist the help of nearby authorities and/or call the police.
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