02-24-2011, 09:51 AM
JVM with guest who knows family:
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Why is a 12-year-old girl selling flowers? That was my first question.
STEVE: From what we understand, she helped out her mom to make a little extra money and a little extra money for herself. And in this plaza is where she used to hang out at, and she would go there and sell little flowers. And you know, make a little extra money.
When they went to this pizza place, her and her uncle ordered a pizza. And they were waiting for the pizza to get made. And her uncle went in the restroom for a minute to wash up. Told her to wait, you know, wait inside. And when he went inside to the restroom, she walked out for some reason. Something caught her attention, and she walked out.
After she finished up in the restroom, it`s a small little restaurant. It`s not a dine-in restaurant. After he finished up and he noticed that she was missing, and then he started searching for her in the parking lot.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Now this family, this little girl and her mom, reportedly only came from Nevada to visit the uncle about three weeks ago. What do you know about them and the relationship with the uncle? Are you friends mostly with the uncle or with -- how would you know them, if they just came from Nevada?
STEVE: No, we`ve known them. They used to -- they was Atlanta residents. They lived here in Georgia before they moved to Nevada. Originally -- they`re originally from Chicago. And they lived here, I think, about a year and a half.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Why is a 12-year-old girl selling flowers? That was my first question.
STEVE: From what we understand, she helped out her mom to make a little extra money and a little extra money for herself. And in this plaza is where she used to hang out at, and she would go there and sell little flowers. And you know, make a little extra money.
When they went to this pizza place, her and her uncle ordered a pizza. And they were waiting for the pizza to get made. And her uncle went in the restroom for a minute to wash up. Told her to wait, you know, wait inside. And when he went inside to the restroom, she walked out for some reason. Something caught her attention, and she walked out.
After she finished up in the restroom, it`s a small little restaurant. It`s not a dine-in restaurant. After he finished up and he noticed that she was missing, and then he started searching for her in the parking lot.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Now this family, this little girl and her mom, reportedly only came from Nevada to visit the uncle about three weeks ago. What do you know about them and the relationship with the uncle? Are you friends mostly with the uncle or with -- how would you know them, if they just came from Nevada?
STEVE: No, we`ve known them. They used to -- they was Atlanta residents. They lived here in Georgia before they moved to Nevada. Originally -- they`re originally from Chicago. And they lived here, I think, about a year and a half.