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re: Nursing student disappears after reporting toddler walking on interstate UPDATE: ARRESTED
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:29 pm to Cosmo
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:29 pm to Cosmo
Clearly. But to me, a “normal” mentally ill person would just leave, not stage this elaborate abduction. This was manipulative and wicked - especially the made up child part.
My sister-in-law called me to tell me about it with the whole “so be really careful if you ever need to help a lost child.” My reply was i know myself and my maternal instincts would still kick in. (I also called BS because how would a trafficker or abductor not know a man wouldn’t have stopped to help?)
BUT, many women who heard the story decided they would think twice about helping a lost child in the future. That’s REALLY awful if this woman! & a future nurse…
My point— she could have just left for Mexico or wherever if she wanted to disappear or if she feared for her life in any way or owed people money etc etc.
I’m not buying the poor pitiful mentally ill story considering the way she went about it.
She’s just a bad person. She had bad motives. Period.
Editing to add that lostinbr made a good point that people who want to disappear fake their deaths so the fam doesn’t keep looking for them.
She should have left out the lost toddler part…
My sister-in-law called me to tell me about it with the whole “so be really careful if you ever need to help a lost child.” My reply was i know myself and my maternal instincts would still kick in. (I also called BS because how would a trafficker or abductor not know a man wouldn’t have stopped to help?)
BUT, many women who heard the story decided they would think twice about helping a lost child in the future. That’s REALLY awful if this woman! & a future nurse…
My point— she could have just left for Mexico or wherever if she wanted to disappear or if she feared for her life in any way or owed people money etc etc.
I’m not buying the poor pitiful mentally ill story considering the way she went about it.
She’s just a bad person. She had bad motives. Period.
Editing to add that lostinbr made a good point that people who want to disappear fake their deaths so the fam doesn’t keep looking for them.
She should have left out the lost toddler part…
This post was edited on 7/16/23 at 12:36 pm
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Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:30 pm to Bubb
quote:
How did she get home without a phone?
How would not having a phone stop someone from going home?
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:31 pm to lostinbr
Makes sense.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:34 pm to baldona
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This wasn’t a break down. You don’t call the police and a friend on some made up story, leave a scene on the interstate like a crime scene, and disappear randomly.
It may not have been a breakdown but - AGAIN - I know someone who actually did this and went missing for over a year. They intentionally left a trail of clues which led their friends/family to believe that they had almost certainly been murdered. They were later found in a tent city. The only difference is that they didn’t actually call the police. They let the family do that part.
That’s the last I’ll say about it but my point is that there is absolutely precedent for someone trying to disappear by faking an abduction. The idea that mentally ill people “don’t do that” is a false assumption.
It might not be common, but it has happened before.
This post was edited on 7/16/23 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:34 pm to East Coast Band
quote:Highly unlikely any of that explaining is going to involve the truth. Don't get your hopes up.
She's got a lot of explaining to do.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:35 pm to FairhopeTider
It sure is pointing to the fact that this was a planned hoax and that she had one or more accomplices. For whatever reason; attention, money; or some “other” angle (that would cause FunnyMaine to get involved). I bet she didn’t realize that traffic cam was there. And now, based on the much clearer video released today (the day after she showed back up of course; pure coincidence), law enforcement had a pretty good idea what happened from the start. And yet they still had to spend a lot of money dedicating resources just for appearances.
But, at this time that is purely conjecture. She could just be bat shite crazy. Or all of the above.
But, at this time that is purely conjecture. She could just be bat shite crazy. Or all of the above.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:39 pm to G The Tiger Fan
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Highly unlikely any of that explaining is going to involve the truth. Don't get your hopes up.
Right. I suspect the only way the public finds out the truth is if she’s charged in relation to a scam. Otherwise I doubt we ever know.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:39 pm to WestSideTiger
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There was something in her near future she was trying to avoid. Now there’s two things.
I think this is more likely than a psychotic break. Everything she did was very deliberate and meant to look like there was a struggle. I also wonder if she was trying to get back at a boyfriend? I do think she had help, and that’s why she stopped just past a “landmark”; the exit sign with restaurants etc.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:40 pm to lostinbr
I agree with you. Not all mentally ill people having psychotic breaks from reality are dumb.
Hopefully the person you speak of didn’t frame anyone.
Hopefully the person you speak of didn’t frame anyone.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:40 pm to LSUMJ
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How did she get home without a phone?
How would not having a phone stop someone from going home?
Most people of sound mind in a missing person/kidnapping situation would probably flag someone down or ask someone to borrow their phone to call the police. The showing up unannounced at the house is bizarre.
Another thing I keep going back to, is the family said no go fund me. Most people would welcome donations, legit cause or not. But it seems the parents are middle class or better, assuming fairly educated etc., I think their donation refusal points to them knowing there are bad actors at play, and they didn't want to perpetuate the scam...if mental health was the cause and her medical career is over, maybe they would have accepted the money? Just thinking aloud.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:42 pm to baldona
quote:This here.
Mental health people disappear. They just go away quietly usually, they are lost and want space from reality. Mental health issues almost never call police for something like this unless it’s on themselves for potential suicide or on someone they think is hurting them. They don’t call police on some random crime that’s made up in their head to escape.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:45 pm to G The Tiger Fan
I feel pretty confident that Hoover PD has pretty solid evidence of what occurred. We've only seen the one traffic cam video. They have access to the cams of vehicles getting on and off at exits 10 and 13 along with all the other cams on 150 and 31. More than likely they can identify her location relative to when the 911 call was placed. They more than likely gathered up all the security cam footage in the adjacent neighborhood too. At some point they will sit down with her and ask her what happened and shell give them some BS story that doesn't jive with the real evidence
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:48 pm to genuineLSUtiger
quote:
California is fairly conservative outside of LA-San Fran.
And San Diego
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:48 pm to captdalton
Funnymaine is def a red flag as others mentioned.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:49 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
It’s a scam between the chick, her brother, and SIL. She went through the woods, brother took her to the red roof, SIL was home with brothers phone, their alibi. It blew up and the family found out and stated don’t give to GFM. Then they confronted them at red roof and are now trying to keep her out of jail.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:49 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
Like someone said above, they probably weren’t counting on the traffic cam on the interstate
Posted on 7/16/23 at 12:56 pm to berrycajun
I just want to know how a 25 year old woman survived two days without her phone. I think that is the real miracle here. And no one is talking about it.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 1:01 pm to captdalton
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I just want to know how a 25 year old woman survived two days without her phone. I think that is the real miracle here. And no one is talking about it.
The trauma from not being able to log into Facebook is probably what led to her surrendering.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 1:01 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
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I feel pretty confident that Hoover PD has pretty solid evidence of what occurred.
This for sure. The police almost always know a hell of a lot more than we do in situations like this.
Posted on 7/16/23 at 1:03 pm to notiger1997
Update from boyfriend...
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