I wonder if the parents did a ancestry/dna test and see if anything comes up.
It is very possible the mother was followed. It is also possible that the mother did something. It also could be a stranger happened on the vehicle, since the mother’s purse was gone, and saw the child.
The mother seems to be pretty involved in finding the child. Just because she got upset about a polygraph does not insinuate anything nefarious. She lost her baby.
I am curious as to why both adults decided to leave the child unattended in the vehicle. I’m assuming it was unlocked. And she left her purse in there?
We all know that even in 1974, it was not safe to leave an infant alone for any amount of time. The article talked a lot about Mrs. Evan’s leaving the car to use the restroom, but what about the boyfriend? Where was he? Did they both go to the restroom together at the same time? Was he in the store paying for gas or buying things? The article completely left any info out on him.
I understand the mother being upset and distorted at the time of the incident, and was vividly upset about taking a polygraph test, but after a few days of somewhat calming down I don’t understand why the mother didn’t comply later to clear herself so they could focus clearly in other directions.
Was the infant really stolen? Was the stop planned ahead of time and someone they knew was already there waiting for them? Was the child possibly sold for money to start a new beginning with her new man?
Even though they didn’t have the technology we have today, security cameras and such, they did have one thing they could work with and build on from 1974, Alexander Graham Bell! All the FBI has to do is follow the paper trail and paperwork, and let your fingers do the walking.
There definitely should have been more investigation into the boyfriend, the mother and the family.
Did the couple have a history of drug use?
Why did they immediately think that it was just an abduction? Especially with her having to give up custody. Did they search that area for the baby? The trash cans, dumpsters, areas behind the business? Did they search family members residences?