I do too. My son is 9 with several neighborhood friends his age, slightly younger and slightly older. These kids make up stories about having parties or going to parties all the time. In fact to the extent my son is sometimes heartbroken he isn't/wasn't invited until I am able to point out enough information to convince him his friends are making these stories up.
If she left as her sisters say, where would she go? Did she say whose party she was going to or was she trying to find a friend and perhaps lost direction?
Still trying to catch up (and kind of running on exhaustion here.) Are many of these updates coming in written msm articles or video?
Praying Aliahna is found safely soon. Hoping she has the same luck we've seen recently from other children of special needs who got lost but were found safely.
According to the next door neighbor, in the comments section, there actually was a birthday party scheduled for that day. So she was apparently planning to go to one. But she never made it. And that was what the delay in reporting was about. From what I gathered.
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Sometimes the Reply's seem to get lost in the thread. These 2 reply's helped me better understand what the family and police are dealing with. Informative I feel.
Posted from Ali’s grandmother:
I am Ali's grandmother and it is not her parents fault. Ali sleepwalks and can unlock doors in her sleep. You cannot stay awake 24 hrs a day. Please get the facts straight on that as well. And I agree about the term sex offender. There is so much more to that name.
Posted from a Next Door Neighbor:
I am this family's next door neighbor. This is the story: Alie and her 2 younger sisters were spending the night with a family friend in the trailer park. Alie woke up about 2:00 am Friday from a bad dream. The family friend comforted her, and Alie went back to sleep. Around 10:00 am, the friend awoke and not seeing Alie, asked her sisters where Alie was. The sisters told him that she put on her coat, said she was going the birthday party, and walked out the door. The neighbor assumed that Alie had just walked home (a short walk between 2 trailers, and across a street in the park) and thought no more of it. It wasn't until hours later when the mom went to get the girls for the birthday party (of which Alie was very excited to be attending) of a friend of hers and the sisters, that they realized that Alie was actually missing. Alie is a sleepwalker and it is wondered if she was dreaming that she was attending the party and out the door she went. This is not an ex or parental abduction. Please do not speculate or assume. It is possible that she was sleepwalking and when she awoke she was lost and does not know how to get home. This is a loving family whose daughter/sister has gone missing. If you are a prayer warrior, please do so. If you're not one who prays, please at least keep this family in your thoughts that Alie is returned home safely and soon. Thank you so much
Praying she'll be found soon and safe!
