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OmahaBlueDog

(10,000 posts)
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:17 PM Jul 2012

Elizabeth Collins, Lyric Cook-Morrissey: Authorities believe missing Iowa girls are alive, report sa

Source: CBS

EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) - Investigators say they have evidence that leads them to believe two Iowa cousins who vanished last week are still alive.

FBI spokeswoman Sandy Breault said Saturday that authorities strongly believe 10-year-old Lyric Cook-Morrissey and 8-year-old Elizabeth Collins have not been killed.

She refused to say what led authorities to that conclusion, but told reporters that investigators are expanding their search beyond Iowa.

The announcement came a day after authorities said they believe the girls were abducted.



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Elizabeth Collins, Lyric Cook-Morrissey: Authorities believe missing Iowa girls are alive, report sa (Original Post) OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 OP
These girls go to my daugher's church exboyfil Jul 2012 #1
Now, speculation will run rampant... MADem Jul 2012 #2
I'm wondering if it's an extortion attempt gone wrong - the parents of the one girl hedgehog Jul 2012 #3
I do hold out hope for them. progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #4
Ordinarily, I'd agree OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #5
Prayers and more prayers. truedelphi Jul 2012 #6
Leave them at the mall you fucker who took them! lonestarnot Jul 2012 #7
If they had found their sandals/shoes....they probably had gone swimming and ran into trouble Rene Jul 2012 #8

MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. Now, speculation will run rampant...
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:36 PM
Jul 2012

Were they abducted? Sold? Made arrangements with a predator on the internet to run away from home?

I hope they are found safe and sound and soon.

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)
3. I'm wondering if it's an extortion attempt gone wrong - the parents of the one girl
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:40 PM
Jul 2012

apparently are tied up with drugs in some manner. Here's praying for the girls.

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
4. I do hold out hope for them.
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 01:25 PM
Jul 2012

I really wonder if this is tied into the one set of parent's criminal behavior. The mother is about to be sentenced for years in prison for serious crimes. Wonder if it's a domestic issue of some type because they knew their daughter would be taken away from them? or something related to those two parents' "business."

Horrible. Though no one knows the circumstances and it could be a random abduction, too often kids pay for the lifestyle the parents live, and the people they surround themselves with.

OmahaBlueDog

(10,000 posts)
5. Ordinarily, I'd agree
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 03:05 PM
Jul 2012

However, I think there is a reason the FBI has leaked that they believe the girls are alive. I'd speculate they are looking to offer the abductors a way to let them go unharmed.

truedelphi

(32,324 posts)
6. Prayers and more prayers.
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 03:19 PM
Jul 2012

It would be so good if these kids make it home, without the type of delay that Elizabeth Smart had to endure.



Rene

(1,183 posts)
8. If they had found their sandals/shoes....they probably had gone swimming and ran into trouble
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 07:04 PM
Jul 2012

what was the temperature? what were their swimming habits in the area of their home? Would they have gone swimming with shorts/shirts if they didn't have their swimsuits?

If they have not found their shoes, it's kidnap.....they should search nearby buildings/homes of neighbors thoroughly......research again. It's probably someone nearby, a young man they know. Is any man 'missing' in the nearby area also?

They should review if anyone saw a truck/car parked near the Lake. What's the road like where the bikes were found.....do any trucks drive by.

If they 'ran away'....they'd still be with their bikes with backpacks of a few belongings


The mother's been away 4 years.....only with Lyric 2-3 weeks.....somethings wrong with that relationship.....how much did they fight?
Who had custody of them those 4 years?


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