Father's story just got worse and dumber in missing 3 yr old Sherin Mathews

[joshcryer]

38. Fair enough, but this is different, imo.

Losing a kid in a store or in the house isn't as concerning as losing a kid in the woods outside your house. Even if the kid was trained or knew to return home, they could get lost very easily. Be eaten by predators, be attacked by molesters. Who knows. It's the worst case scenario.

Lost my nephew once at the park. I usually keep a perfect eye on him but he suddenly disappeared. Too many kids with orange shirts on. I went absolutely nuts about it. Scanning everyone and every kid like a mad man. Turns out he was sitting down talking to another kid underneath the slide and I finally located him. But only after literally running the entire park looking in a panicked induced psychosis. It was probably my most scared moment of my life.

I simply cannot comprehend a missing girl at 3AM and not calling the police immediately and waking the entire family up and knocking on neighbors' doors. Going back inside and doing laundry and not contacting the cops for 5 hours is inconceivable to me.