The other girl that was approached by the possible suspect with the same MO as Cedrika's kidnapper offered to give a description so police can make a sketch but they refused saying 3 were already done and none correspond.
The girl's description of the suspect:
Man in his 50's
5'9", 170 lbs
Greying hair
French speaking
http://fr.canoe.ca/infos/societe/archives/2012/03/20120330-113200.html
I just typed up a long post in response to this but there was an error and it didn't go through. I'll try to remember the things I've said in my last post but if there are any gaps in my reasoning it's because I'm not going through the same chain of thoughts all over again.
I wonder if it's possible that there are indeed two men with different ages and descriptions, maybe acting together.
I found a blog post in one of those blogs where people compile information on missing persons cases, I don't know if it's ok to post here but if not maybe someone can try to dig up MSM sources to confirm or deny this. That post reported that one of the witnesses who saw one of these men was another young girl, he approached her and offered her money to look for his dog and when she said no he offered more money, he was insisting but fortunately the girl's father arrived at that moment and he went away. I wonder if this is accurate information and if so, which of the men this was and how the girl's father described him. I'm new to this case but I've reading the posts in this thread and it sounds like one of the problems in producing a portrait is that many key features were missing from the girls' descriptions because they couldn't remember them well. I assume it would be easier for the average adult to do so more accurately especially since a man harassing his daughter would have been noticeable.
I also found this article, sorry if it's been posted:
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=3785e8db-699b-4d9b-a0f2-18b725c235c0. It says two women saw Cedrika riding her bike around the neighborhood twice between 6 and 8 PM and that she stopped to ask them if they'd seen a little black dog. It also says that when Cedrika's bike was found some people said they'd seen a group of youths but not Cedrika had left it where it was found. I also found this on a website to find her, it makes some very good points and maybe someone with more time and focus than I have right now can translate it:
http://www.trouvercedrika.com/avis.html. It points out that there were no signs of a struggle and that for her to have vanished into thin air it seems likely that the perp had been watching her for some time.
Bear with me here please, I'm just trying to process this.
I wonder WHY the perp just allowed her to search for the dog for a couple of hours instead of immediately luring away. It makes me think they had some kind of plan, if there was more than one then maybe one could have spoken to her and left so nobody could find him again and he wouldn't be hanging around the neighborhood, then the second one shows up and kidnaps her.
The fact that several girls were asked to help with the (fake) dog search, I think it could be a sign that more than one person was involved. It seems like a lot of trouble to monitor more than one child from a distance and figure out their routines. I think their goal all along was to take one kid so they kept trying. I suspect they were watching the girls and knew their routines because in addition to what that site above pointed out, that is the perp(s) having everything so carefully planned they leave no obvious traces, there is also the fact that they allowed Cedrika to ride around the neighborhood. IMO it seems likely they knew her curfew (some articles said 8:15 IIRC) so they let her be seen until close to that time to further confuse people.
Another thing to consider is, if the person or people who did it were watching the girls then one person alone would need much more time to figure out their habits.
It could also be someone working alone who was very good at lying and blending in. Someone who wasn't afraid of being suspected because they could come up with a good excuse if anyone confronted them about talking to young girls they don't know.
I wonder what that community is like. Are there frequent outsiders visiting for whatever reason? Any inns, hotels, rest stops close by? Would it be easy for an outsider to get noticed? For instance, in some places where I've lived everyone knows everyone or almost so just being new makes you stand out, others you have to be very different-looking to get noticed. I'm asking because I think it's possible that if this was done by outsiders, they were very careful to make sure they could blend in and not attract notice.
Maybe it could have been someone who was visiting friends or relatives, or heard about the community from a visitor or long-distance friend. I know when I'm travelling to visit relatives I'll tell my friends about my vacation and what life is like where I am. Maybe someone decided to take advantage of that knowledge. That is, if it's impossible for it to have been someone from that community or nearby.
I'd also look into whether anyone in the area had a little black dog then or even a few years before Cedrika was kidnapped. Not saying it was that person if there is someone who did, but someone who knew about them. For example, someone could have a dog like that, then one of their acquaintances or even someone who watched them for a while decided to use a dog as 'cover', so that if anyone approached the perp he could pretend to be a friend or relative of that person.
I wonder about the bike too, that article I linked to mentions Cedrika's bike was found and some witnesses said a group of youths (but not her) left it there. I wonder why? Were they neighborhood kids who saw a bike and decided to take it for themselves or help by putting it somewhere where the owner could find it? Why can't they figure out who these youths were so they can be asked where they found the bike? Maybe there could have been a sign of struggle, i.e. the bike left behind, but it wasn't taken as such because of it being found elsewhere. Maybe these youths had something to do with it? Someone could have paid them off to dispose of a bike, no questions asked.
This is all my two cents, obviously.
