Caleigh Harrison went missing yesterday afternoon while playing with her mother, her older sister, and maybe their dog on the beach. Taking many articles, news stories, and so on into account, the details are not clear. But it would appear that they were playing with a ball when the ball went over a wall that separated the beach from a cottage. The mother went over the wall to retrieve it and when she returned, Caleigh was missing.
The strong waves could have swept her out to sea, she could have wandered off, and no one is ruling out foul play. Divers were searching the near-freezing waters off Rockport, MA last night, but adverse conditions called off the underwater search temporarily. They would resume, I heard, as soon as possible, and in the mean time, the other searches would continue.
Caleigh was two and her older sister was about four I believe. Some have wondered why Caleigh's older sister couldn't tell them what happened, but I just spent daily Mass this morning with a two-year-old on my lap and a four-year-old sitting beside me. Although the four-year-old would certainly say what had happened if she knew what happened, there is certainly no guarantee that she would have been paying attention to what her younger sibling was doing. Caleigh's parents claimed that she was not the kind to wander off alone, but anything is possible.
Whatever happened, please pray for Caleigh and her family.
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