Not necessarily taken by someone she was acquainted with or knew. I say this bc when I recently read that her brother saw a man "waving his hand, like 'come over here'," my heart sank.
I grew up during the time of be home as soon as the streetlights come on, enjoying freedom to play and roam in your own neighborhood and if we were on our bikes or skates, often outside of our immediate neighborhoods, often for long periods of time.
I remember that gesture vividly as a little girl even when playing alone outside my home. There was something about the gesture which conveyed "Come here" without using any words that made me almost automatically respond. In my case, I came right up to the vehicle door. When the male reached his arm to swing open the door (he was exposed), I ran like hell.
I think a likely scenario is when the male perp beckoned her (possibly without uttering any words at all initially), she instinctually moved closer to him to hear what he would say, find out what he wanted. Once she was close, he clasped her hand & simply calmly & briskly walked away with her to his vehicle. He probably began chatting with her in order to distract her and by then it was too late. Since she has been described as both shy as well as one who would not walk away with a stranger, I think her temperament was such as not to challenge adults, scream etc.
A grew up in a major metro area and remember that gesture used by males both as a child Dulce's age and older. Males did that when I was alone, as well as when I was with other girls. Often, they did not utter a word. Simply gestured.
I'm trying to not lose hope that she will be found alive.
