There basically are no facts. There also is not a single scenario that is backed up by much if anything and even LE have said they have closed nothing out.
Confusion and incorrect media, etc. seems to happen in every case, I sure have learned that. Stating an incorrect time for a 911 call, however, and nonworking cameras is a bit more unusual, if the cameras even exist--that has been debated as well. Confusion also reigned for some time as an article above states months after the fact.
The home was cited and we were told publicly of some of the findings. That happens to be a fact.
We all want the same, and that is Serenity found.
I get your points and do not disagree, they also provide me not one reason to settle on the idea that she ran into the woods as a fact.
Jmo.
What we DO know is that she was outside, walking away form the Home. We also know the weather conditions, the seclusion of the Home, and we have the account of the parents, at least one of which saw her, that when they drove up and down the road, she had disappeared. This supports the idea that she headed off the main road. The failed searches (up until now) doesn't change the fact that this still remains the most likely scenario.
If she didn't walk away from the Home and off the main road on her own, then that leaves a very limited set of options - (1) she was picked up willingly, (2) she was picked up unwillingly, (3) she hid in a car that later drove off, not knowing she was there, (4) she hid in something that was later emptied or taken away, such as a trash bin, or (5) she is still on the Home property. (1) seems unlikely - LE checked out everybody she knew, and I'm betting they checked out all staff as well. The "snatched" theory (2) is possible, but given it was early Sunday, a storm was moving in, and the road was only lightly travelled during the best of weather, it greatly reduces the possibility. I doubt (3) is the case, as she would have turned up by now. And (4) seems equally unlikely, as it was Sunday, and everything of that sort would have been searched that evening. Likewise, (5) seems more unlikely as well, as more time goes by. I just can't see any one of those 5 as really a likely alternative, although I understand why LE doesn't rule anything out.
Yes, there is a lot of confusion. But where there is enough reason to believe she headed off on her own, there is nothing at all at this point to suggest anything else happened. Nothing can be ruled out, of course. LE wouldn't be doing due diligence if they ruled anything out.
So I guess, while you say there is not one reason to settle on the idea that she ran into the woods as a fact, I would go the opposite way. What we do know highly suggests that, and there is not one reason to settle on the idea that she did NOT run into the woods. She is (was) a runner and a hider. She was an active girl.
