[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Of course the interrogation should have happened. In the huge majority of cases with an abduction, it turns out to be someone who knew the child rather than a stranger who took them. They/friends should have been the first suspects IMO. Then work from there :S

But I think there are better ways of doing that. Clarifying all of the details with them rather than phrasing questions to sound suspicious.

Asking her to go through exactly what happened from the moment she found Maddie missing until the police arrived is one thing, asking questions like "Why did you do this, instead of this?" is insinuating automatically that her actions were wrong and were wrong on purpose rather than due to shock or whatever.

Asking why she ran back to the restaurant is different to asking why not shout from the verandah instead.