[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

I used to manage a convenience store... and, unless surveillance tape time coding has changed dramatically in the years between then and now: "04:57" = three minutes 'til five A.M.

That's my reading, at any rate.

[jdm]

Thanks for your input. Would be interesting to know if there's any other missing children in the area, since the local station now confirmed it's not the "right" girl.

I find it suspicious that a young girl, such as the one shown in the photo, would be seen on surveillance tape before 5AM.

What 9 year old's are out cruising the local convenience store at that hour?! I used to stop and get candy before school, but that was around 7:30 in the morning, a far cry from 4:57AM (and I was 13 or 14 at the time, not 9). Girl in surveillance still appears to be 9 or 10.