I come here to hear the unpopular beliefs anyway, not interested in an echo chamber. He may have been told by attorney or LEO not to talk to media but who knows, it is strange that he acted that way.
Can you imagine if he stopped, smiled and waved to the cameras? What would everyone be saying then? I really don't think any parent can win in the day of brutal media attention, especially about a missing child. Damned by some people either which way you act, whatever you so. And you are right, WHO KNOWS?
I loved what the new gal (sorry... name? new poster from Tucson several pages back) on here said about the alley and early morning dog walkers. What gets my dogs' goat above and beyond anything else is a dog on the other side of the fence that they know is there but they have no access too. Makes perfect sense. And the voices might have been from the person walking the dog (Oh, spit, I just woke up the whole neighborhood!) And someone else posted that mom prolly let them out, then jumped into shower.... walker goes by, the woof gang chimes in...very plausible in my mind.
So, now we need those that were walking the n-hood that morning, talking in that area, including waste disposal personnel to call in, if they haven't already, and for all we know, they have.