“Then I doubt he would be parading her around like that without any concern for getting apprehended. That is likely a nonsense suggestion.”
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I think you’d be surprised at what bad guys do in public without fear of being caught.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4PxkTiU0yU
I expect we will find out shortly whether that is the father or not. The fact that the little girl was not screaming for help makes it all the more likely that it was.