Discussion of points raised in Danny Collins' book Vanished ...

[slartibartfast]

So you are willing to concede she could have been abducted from the road following a car accident?

Abducted isn't the right word in those circumstances. Removed maybe or hidden.

[Robittybob1]

Abducted isn't the right word in those circumstances. Removed maybe or hidden.

Would those words only be correct if she died in the car accident.  The Smith sighting is not of a dead girl but one that is "sleeping" or more correctly sleepy. If he took her for medical care as I suspect but later did not give her back what was then "taken" becomes "abduction" with the delay.

[Angelo222]

Would those words only be correct if she died in the car accident.  The Smith sighting is not of a dead girl but one that is "sleeping" or more correctly sleepy. If he took her for medical care as I suspect but later did not give her back what was then "taken" becomes "abduction" with the delay.

It is very strange that she never turned up eventually which would leave one to the conclusion that she was taken by someone and hidden.  Someone somewhere must know the answer to this puzzle!

[Robittybob1]

It is very strange that she never turned up eventually which would leave one to the conclusion that she was taken by someone and hidden.  Someone somewhere must know the answer to this puzzle!

It might be like finding a wallet full of money and you pick it up with the intention of taking it to the police station but change your mind  after you find the station unattended.