Missing girl's parents take lie detector test (Jenise Wright, Age 6, WA)

[moriah]

Last edited Tue Aug 5, 2014, 09:22 PM - Edit history (2)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/05/washington-missing-child-jenise-wright/13622571/

BREMERTON, Wash. – The parents of a missing 6-year-old Washington girl have taken lie detector tests to help investigators and searchers looking for little Jenise Wright, but the results probably won't be released to the public, said Kitsap County sheriff's Deputy Scott Wilson.

Police tape blocked off part of a mobile home park Tuesday morning as sheriff's deputies continue the search for the girl, who was last seen Saturday night and wasn't reported missing until Sunday night. Wright's family noticed her missing Sunday morning but didn't become worried and call for help until about 10 p.m. because she had left the home on previous occasions and wandered around the neighborhood.

The family felt it was relatively safe because the mobile home park is fenced, Wilson said.

The little girl's disappearance was being called a missing person case with "suspicious circumstances," Wilson said. Most missing children would have surfaced by now, he said.

Neighbors joined the search per another article when they heard the father shouting for the girl as they searched for her, before calling 911. Two of their other children have been taken from the home, ages 8 and 12.

I think that the fact they did show they were concerned about their daughter's well-being by searching for her with neighbors will help clear them of any suspicion. Would a case like this be where "Caylee's Law" type requirements for a mandated window to report a missing child could go wrong? For all we know, they might have thought they *had* to wait 24 hours -- a common misunderstanding of the way the laws work for adults (there's no waiting period to report a missing adult either). For kids, law enforcement would far rather get a call and find the kid 15 minutes later with a neighbor than miss a single moment of time.

That needs to be communicated more clearly to the public.

Please come home safe, Jenise.

[elehhhhna]

1. murdereres often helop search (when it's family)

husbands do it halfassed & poorly

[moriah]

3. Thinking of the WM3?

Both stepfathers were under suspicion there, and both searched, though only Terry Hobbs had hair found in the bindings of another boy (not his stepson). Wish my state would do something about the case rather than sit on the Alford plea and say "we've done our job".... those kids deserve justice.

[seabeyond]

2. i wouldnt wait an hour before reporting missing 6 yr old child, let alone 24 hours,

regardless of a fenced area.

[moriah]

4. Here's a little more info.

http://q13fox.com/2014/08/05/intensive-search-for-missing-girl-jenise-wright-is-one-of-ours-we-want-her-back/

The girl was last seen Saturday night but her parents didn’t report her missing until late Sunday night.

Jenise’s parents said they’re used to allowing her to walk through the neighborhood on her own without supervision.

When she didn’t come home for dinner on Sunday, that’s when police were notified.

“My head’s just swimming, I don’t know what to think,” said Jenise’s father, Jim Wright. “She went to bed (Saturday night), she was asleep. Wake up, (and think) she’s probably out running and playing.”

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local-news/missing-girl-a-wellknown-presence-in-neighborhood_43084025

They did a door-to-door check within the neighborhood. When that proved fruitless, they called 911 at 9:55 p.m.

Most days, Wright would start making the rounds of the community at about 9:30 or 10 every morning, knocking on doors looking for someone to come outside with her, said Annysa Jones, 16. Everyone in the neighborhood, it seems, knows Jenise, and they all described her as outgoing and unafraid to talk to anyone, so much so that it worried some of them.

Jones said she and her friends would talk to her about being more careful about who she approached.

Otherwise the neighborhood didn't seem to give anyone anything to worry about. "It's just this is the kind of thing that doesn't happen here," said Taylor Harbin, 18, who grew up in the Steel Creek neighborhood.

I thought one of the articles said the searching began earlier, but apparently they didn't begin searching until after supper according to these.

[Archae]

5. It's not a "Lie Detector."

It's a polygraph.
It measures nervousness and is highly subjective to interpretations, especially from the guy giving the test.

Otherwise a set of Tarot cards might me more effective.