Sad but true. We know next to nothing.
I agree. We know next to nothing.
But, here are some of the things we do know (please correct or add):
-The parents called 911 on Fri afternoon.
-They were in separate places, Mom at the campsite while DeOrr Sr. away from the campsite in his truck.
-Mom said little DeOrr had been missing for an hour.
-It was relayed to NE that the family arrived at the campsite Fri AM, then turned around and went to the store. LE also believed it was a Fri arrival date until further investigation.
-It was later discovered in the investigation that the family arrived to the campsite on Thurs night.
-The parents say they left little DeOrr with GGP, who reportedly has declining physical and mental health, so they could go exploring.
-The timeframe in which little DeOrr was not accounted for changed a few times. Ultimately it was said that the parents were gone for 10 minutes but that little DeOrr was only unsupervised for 4 minutes, leaving him with GGP (supervised?) for 6 minutes.
-DeOrr Sr says that the parents thought little DeOrr was okay with GGP and upon coming back to the campsite was surprised to find out that GGP thought little DeOrr was with the parents.
-According to the sheriff, GGP says he turned his head for a moment and DeOrr was gone. (I can't recall if this is also the case where GGP says he went over the embankment.)
-A much younger friend of GGP's is also at the campsite and says he was down at the creek.
-Later, in a video interview, when asked if he was with GGP when disappeared, the friend agrees, but when asked if little DeOrr just wandered away, he says he's not supposed to say that. However, he also couldn't find a shirt and answered the door saying "I don't have any questions!" So, take that with a grain of salt.
-The four people at the campground are named POI's.
-They all take polygraphs, but the results are not made public.
-Tracking dogs went to the reservoir and back to the campsite, but the parents did not indicate that they or the other two POI's took little DeOrr to the reservoir at any point during their stay. DeOrr Sr. says little DeOrr can't make it up there by himself.
-The parents believe DeOrr was abducted.
-The sheriff believes abduction is the least possible scenario and also doesn't believe that the little toddler was taken by an animal, fell into the creek or reservoir or wandered off. Instead, he calls off the search and brings in the FBI to analyze the behavioral and physical evidence.
-The parents do one interview and do not make any further public outreach to try to find him. They bring on a PI, who also does one interview, but also does not do any further public outreach and totally disappears from public view.
-The sheriff believes that abduction the least likely scenario, but also does not believe the little toddler was taken by an animal, in a creek, in the reservoir or anywhere in the search area.
-There is a receipt from Fri that aligns with items the family says they bought at town.
-The only sighting of the family in town is reported by a clerk at the gas station store who says at 6 PM Fri a man came in to buy candy for a toddler matching DeOrr's description (dirty and crying--I am making the language nicer because it upsets people) in a black truck.
What the heck is happening here?
-The mom reports to the PI that there was an old, staring man that made her nervous during their trip to town.
-The FB page for DeOrr is not updated from Aug 12 until today, at which time finally a poster is posted showing the clothes that little DeOrr was wearing. It is geared to hunters.
