Caleigh Harrison Suspicion: Where are her Parents?

It is very sad and I hope they find out what happened.

It does appear as if it is the father and his family that has kept Caleigh's face in the news from the start. Here is another Harrison article.....
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x474406012/A-part-of-us-is-missing-Caleighs-family-struggles-with-no-closure

As Chelsea mentioned in a previous article, Anthony Harrison did have an issue with the law earlier this year. It does appear he is dealing with a personal issue that likely requires his setting boundaries on public exposure in order for him to stay focused on Caleigh.

His family has shown the power of family that is for sure. From day 1 his brother David has held true to the song...'He ain't heavy, he's my brother'.

Allison's statements on FaceBook really bother me. I know it is easy to misread emotions in online communications, but still... the first comment (only an hour after she disappeared) seems too casual and upbeat:

"thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. no news yet. we are still hopeful we'll find my baby alive and well. keep praying for us!!" 1:19pm on April 19th

Then just two hours later, the next comment sounds just sad, not pleading, not desperate, just sad:

"my heart hurts" 3:35pm on April 19th

Then, 14 hours after Caleigh disappeared, she sounds like she is already accepting that Caleigh is dead:

"I love you my baby. forever in my heart ♥" 2:09am on April 20th, with smiling pic of mom holding Caleigh.

If I was a mom who just lost her child either to a predator or in the sea, I must believe I would be far too panicked, and self-recriminating, and physically ill from not knowing what happened to her, to make the above posts. I would imagine I'd be sobbing, sedated, etc.

Here is an interesting article on statement analysis. It made me wonder about the switch from "we" to "my baby" in her first post.
http://www.crimeandclues.com/index.php/criminal-investigation/statement-analysis/29-statement-analysis-what-do-suspects-words-really-reveal


If there really are witnesses on the beach who saw Caleigh, or if the scent dogs really picked up her scent there, or if mom Allison has passed a polygraph -- I sure wish the police would release that information officially so I could shut down this suspicion of mom and just feel sympathy for her.

I HAVE TO POST THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM BEING ACCURATE: I am in Hawaii, and Allison is in Massachusetts. It is very possible that FaceBook adjusts the time showing on posts according to your time zone. So it could be that each of these posts she made were 6 hours later than what I listed above. EVEN SO, the first post still seems very casual for a child missing 7 hours. And if the "forever in my heart" post was at 8am instead of 2am, it still seems premature to me.

Dena I give you credit for posting this. I too read the fb posts and was very very disturbed by what she posted. I simply cannot get past the forever in my heart post. Why wouldn't she post something more along the lines of "come to the beach and help me find my baby"?! Or begging for everyone to post her childs pic to their friends so they can assist in the search. Suspicious enough that she was spending any time on fb let alone posts insinuating that the child would never return. What mother gives up so soon?? Had she not posted anything on fb I would have little reason to suspect her of any wrongdoing. Her posts lead me to believe something is very wrong here.

"thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. no news yet. we are still hopeful we'll find my baby alive and well. keep praying for us!!" 1:19pm on April 19th

Approx an hour after the 911 call, after diving into the cold sea current in search of her child, when the mind should be processing one of the most convulsive reacting traumas I can think of, the post above was on Facebook? Really, Dena??

"still hopeful....find my baby alive"....the mind should be too numb, unable of signing into FB.

Not doubting you, Dena, just appalled....just friggin appalled. And wondering if LE requested phone records.....might determine if the technology umbilicord was stronger than the maternal one. Heck...might determine something...

I HAVE TO POST THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM BEING ACCURATE: I am in Hawaii, and Allison is in Massachusetts. It is very possible that FaceBook adjusts the time showing on posts according to your time zone. So it could be that each of these posts she made were 6 hours later than what I listed above. EVEN SO, the first post still seems very casual for a child missing 7 hours. And if the "forever in my heart" post was at 8am instead of 2am, it still seems premature to me.

Today those posts are not visible. Whether it is because they dropped off due to being too old or because she decided to make them private instead of public, I don't know.

Thank you, Dena. Perhaps there was a time discrepancy. Hope so.

There is something spooky about Allison Harrison's face in the picture. She looks, well, like she is hiding something. That is not the face of a genuinely grieving mother, is it? What I haven't heard a thing about is the results of the child psychologist's interview of Caleigh's older sister who was playing with her when she disappeared. Yes, she may have been too traumatized to say anything, but I would think something might have come to light by now.

By the way, I live in Gloucester and people are afraid to speculate about any "alternate" explanations to or possible motives in Caleigh's vanishing into thin air because they don't want to appear callous or insensitive. I am glad I found your post, Chelsea, because you have asked important questions that must be explored. I intend to follow the local buzz and will report back if anything new comes to light.

Hi Frank, Thank you for your input. Speculation/discussion is difficult when living in the same town. Chelsea does ask important questions. Questions that are as important to Allison's well being as they are to Caleigh's whereabouts.

Passed out about 230 of Caleigh's fliers along Rte 28 in NH. So many strip malls etc on that road! Since some businesses can not/will not post fliers in windows, I do not ask that of them. Best way to get them to take flier is to ask if they would place in employee rest area. All stores etc were accepting of the flier.... except Target. The Starbucks within Target took a flier so am not understanding Target's policy. Oh well, customers reached out for them. :)

No surprise that some people did express doubt re scenario under which Caleigh went missing (one lady was an out & out B and refused flier). Just said that while I understood....was just trying to keep her face visible, was not really the time for speculation.

:( that's so sad.. regardless of my speculation, I'd have still taken the fliers and I would still be out there handing them out if I was in the area.

You're doing a good thing.

Thank you, Chelsea. Not sure if it is out of goodness or need on my part. Have lived that fear/helplessness of not knowing with an adult child. One time there was a sketch on NamUs of an unidentified deceased man. As soon as my eyes laid upon the sketch, a physical reaction occurred as it looked so much like him. And even though I knew within seconds it was not him, the physical feeling did not go away until I was able to locate him many days later. Can't stand the thought of another person feeling such a feeling.....especially with a 2yo.

Yes, I know you would be handing out fliers : ) It is incredible how you are so diligent in keeping awareness up on so many missing children and adults.

And Good Luck re exams! Hope you stayed focused on that math.

math is killing me.

I can stare at percentages and stats all day... but I'm not enjoying this other stuff...

My youngest daughter is in junior year at UMass. Says the same as you about math.

What is your major/minor/double...make it easy on myself...what will the outcome of your education be? Have no idea what my daughter's degree will bring. Think she has changed direction 3 times now.

Hmm...since I cannot ask the following of her without concern of 'jinx' lol, will ask you. Did you have an exam today? If so, how did it go?

I was just reading an article about Isabel Celis, missing 6yo from Tucson, that stated; "While her parents have not officially been ruled out as suspects, they have been cooperating fully with police and have allowed searches of the property by police and cadaver dogs."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2136940/Isabel-Celis-missing-Search-Tucson-girl-expands-Mexico-9-days-vanished.html#ixzz1tUahhQEV

Are the police doing the same in Caleigh's case? And if so, why are they keeping quiet about it?

Don't believe that LE has used the term suspect, even for rule-out purposes, in regards to either of Caleigh's parents. Or anyone for that matter.

Am fairly certain that neither parents homes have been searched by LE. Some media outlet would have grabbed onto that story for sure.

Should The State Continue Searching for Missing Girl in Rockport?

http://wellesley.patch.com/articles/should-the-state-continue-searching-for-missing-girl-at-rockport-poll

It is my understanding that a member of the Harrison family will be on Nancy Grace this evening.

http://nancygrace.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/02/tonight-on-nancy-grace-2-yr-old-missing-mystery-man-on-beach/?hpt=ng_t1

I don't know what to think. The diagram Nancy Grace displayed made it look (to me) like Caleigh was playing to the side/back of last house. Not near the foot of bridge which would have been in sight of steps up wall etc.

Per family....the diagram Nancy Grace showed re location of children was wrong. Anthony and David could not see the diagram so did not know it presented the wrong information. The children were playing in the sand to front of houses, just feet from footbridge. With stairs to wall walk directly in front of them.

This is such a sad tragedy. I live very close to the location of the lost girl. I understood the girls were on the sand near the footbridge. The walkway to the top of the walk at the top of the walk is not steps away, it is behind the back of the houses, with large stones not sand bordering the wall then a turn behind the houses before getting up the stairs.
The disappearance happened on hour after high tide near a new moon (usually higher tides), when the water often comes up to the concrete wall (about 15 feet high) or at least to the large granite stones which border the wall at that point. If the family were by the footbridge, others on the beach would have seen them as reported. There are 2 staircases up to the houses and walkway, a stone and concrete one at the back of the buildings, which would have been out of view of any other beachgoers. The other wooden stairway up is quite a distance down the beach away from the footbridge. In either case, the girls would have been out of sight for some time while the mother retrieved the ball, and the time likely longer than two minutes.
As the tides recedes, the water in the marshy area behind the houses starts rushing back to the sea. In summer kids get on their boogie boards and ride the swift current. Sand at the edge of the creek/ocean often erodes as the current rushes out. A child close to the edge could easily lose her footing and fall in.
Unless I am misinformed about where the children were left, either staircase up would not allow the mother to look back at her children.
I think it is unlikely an abduction happened since the area is very open, a perpetrator would have had to run across the metal footbridge, traverse a rocky area where it would be hard to run, and get into a car in the Cape Hedge parking lot OR run over a slippery rocky area next to the wall to get behind the houses where cars can park. If it was someone Caleigh didn't know we might assume all this would have to be accomplished with a struggling child. An abduction scenario seems more likely if the children were playing behind the houses, but then people would not have seen them on the beach as that area can't be seen from the beach.
Possibly the mother made a tragic mistake. Only she will fully know why she thought it was safe to leave her daughters at the water's edge, but she likely didn't think harm would come to them. I think that possibility is more likely than foul play.
This sad situation should be a reminder to us all of our responsibility as parents to safeguard our children.

Thank you kindly, Betsey O, for your valuable input. From what you are saying than the likelihood of a scenario I've been wondering about...isn't likely. That would be that the child was attempting to get to back of houses, and fell into water in the tidal basin area.

Though maybe you would be able to give me some info on tidal basin? Is it deep, with much plant growth? Where the basin, creek (to south) and outlet to ocean converge....is there a whirlpool effect? Actually, any information be appreciated. And if possible...in simple wording. :) TIA

Will post this link to a vacation rental which gives a Bing map birds eye view of area. Children were said to be playing at end of footbridge, Allison was said to use stairs on rocks (between houses #4&5). She alternated between looking for ball, checking on children. The ball was in the yard of house #2 which has a concrete enclosure...looks to be maybe 3 feet high. She climbed into yard, retrieved ball, climbed out, looked down where girls were, and only one child was present. From that location Allison asked lone child about Caleigh, the child indicated with an outstretch of arms suggestive of not knowing.

It was said that the ocean water was clear that day; and Caleigh was wearing a light pink top. Yet Allison did not glimpse any sign of Caleigh as she scanned the waters area while running back down to area children were playing.

Might help if I put URL...

http://www.vacationhomerentals.com/vacation-rentals/Rockport-Massachusetts-vacation-rental-home-proID-47834.html#birds-eye-view

Some of the news footage shows the wooden stairs at a distance from the footbridge. I would need to walk up in that area and take a look at houses #4&5 and #2. From the footbridge and slightly to the front of the wall where I understand the girls were, to get to the stone and concrete stairs which are at the rear of the houses you need to walk on top of the large stones next to the side of the wall which are uneven and can't be traversed very quickly. The creek is running to the right while walking with the wall to the left. At one hour past high tide likely the creek was rushing out under the footbridge and into the ocean. A small child could easily lose her footing and be swept out. How far, I'm not sure. Even if the mother kept looking down when she could, the girls would not always be in her sight line. If Caleigh was walking to the back of the houses along the rocks by the wall she could have fallen in at that point, gone under the water and been swept under the footbridge. The creek is slippery as there are many smooth rocks on the bottom with bits of seaweed/algae.
I'll try to take a walk there this weekend when the tide is similar (full moon this weekend might make a bit of difference from new moon tides).

Thank you, Betsey O. After reading your comment, and posting mine, it dawned on me that Caleigh may have gone into the water by making a simple, typical, move that my own children & grandchildren have made....when her mom went out of sight, she backed up to try and see her and the sand gave way sending her backward to water.

If she moved backwards/fell in at the same time her mom turned her back to go over wall...then, from what I have been reading, a child her size could have been out of sight within seconds.

Her sibling, being older, may not have felt the same need to back up to see her mom. Perhaps just stayed playing, or watching for her mom to come back in sight without moving from one spot. Her back would have been to Caleigh, and any splash may have sound like a wave.

Is heartbreaking.

Search for Caleigh Harrison to be restarted in Rockport beach this afternoon, State Police say

http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2012/05/search-for-caleigh-harrison-restarted-rockport-beach-this-afternoon-state-police-say/IE3stN1kLIJclfuAxtdI0I/index.html

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