An Amber Alert has finally been issued for missing Tennessee siblings Gage Daniel and Chloie Leverette, who were originally believed to have perished in a house fire on Sunday night. It's been nearly a week since the fire that killed the kids' grandparents, and officials have only just decided that an alert is necessary for the kids, when earlier they still weren't completely sure whether or not they burned up in the house.
Is it too late for an Amber Alert? It doesn't seem as though the two missing kids don't meet the criteria for this kind of alert, but the urgency is necessary and completely understandable in the search for Chloie Leverette and Gage Daniel.
As stated in this earlier article, investigators have spoken with the parents of the two children—but have not clarified whether or not they are being investigated for what may have happened to the kids.
Hopefully this alert system proves helpful in the search for Gage and Chloie, but with their disappearance nearing a week old, it's hard to see a positive outcome in this case. This is truly just a mystery that may have gruesome details unknown to all who are scratching their heads. If the parents weren't responsible for what happened on Sunday, then who on earth would murder two elderly people before abducting a seven and nine-year-old child?
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Of course, this could change at the end of everything and we could find out that this was all an accident, blah blah blah blah -- and an article will be written about that too.
Thanks for reading.
bomb and arson investigation; of course that was from 3+ days ago. If they've ruled it an accident since then, that's news to me.
This is a more recent article concerning the investigation.
We're talking about this post; not what happens after-the-fact.
Also, take into consideration that these weren't super "elderly" people; they were physically apt enough to take care of two young children (7 & 9) while maintaining their own daily lives -- they couldn't get out of the fire safely, but the children could?
If they say it "looks like an accident" NOW (days after the above article was written) then that's great -- but I don't buy it really. It seems rather likely that someone took those kids, which means that someone knew a lot about that fire, which would indicate that that fire either wasn't an accident, or it was one of those "accidentally on purpose" situations that led to a convenient rouse for kidnapping two kids.
again, JMHO.
I'm working on an update of this (since I cover cases like these from beginning to end, mostly) -- and will mention this new update from officials -- but my opinion is still along the lines that something foul happened.
So there's hope.
So there's hope.
They don't have any reason to believe foul play, but they surely must be considering it since the kids have been missing this long now. Something sure smells foul to me. But who knows, those kids may have escaped the fire on their own, but then perished from exposure to the elements and shock. And thier bodies may be nearby. Or, they may even still be alive, but in shock, though I doubt they would still be alive if that's the case.