Per the Baltimore Sun.......
 

Abandoned girl, 3, reunited with family


http://www.baltimoresun.com/

Makes sense
 

This explains a lot! No wonder the poor child didn't know her last name--her first name wasn't right.

I am guilty of this too, but isn't it interesting how we all took the sketchy (and incorrect) information we were given and started placing blame? The scary thing about it is quite often the media gives out bad or incomplete info and we are none the wiser.

This will make me take a more critical look in the future and wait for more info before I take sides on an issue. :o

Another link: www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/05/20/girl.found/index.html

Questions........
 

Why is it that this child was "abandoned" after being kidnapped for 2 years and was claimed the first day the story breaks on the news? When she was reported missing and her daddy was the last one with her, why didn't they look for the father who was in the same state?

Why can't this type of coverage happen for every single child that goes missing/gets kidnapped or do kids get more sympathy when they are abandoned? Maybe if she had press 2 years ago she could have been identified and returned home considering she was only a hour or less away from her mother.

I think the police and the press need to do more when it comes to missing children. Every missing child needs to be reported through the media. If the number of missing kids is too much for our police, maybe another part of the government needs to be established to deal with this issue.

Whatever the case was... If it wasn't for the publicity (incomplete or wrong), she would STILL be without her family.

We really don't know that. But my point was that we tend to take everything the media says as gospel and often it is not accurate. So I'm just saying we need to be a little more discerning when forming opinion based on the media. Just my opnion.