Alayna

Like, everything in my soul is like, I just want you to come home. Yeah. Same. So, according to Phyllis, Kristen, quote, sounded upset but wouldn't say if anything was wrong. She was just like, she was upset. And she wanted to come home early. Oh, my God.

Like, everything in my soul is like, I just want you to come home. Yeah. Same. So, according to Phyllis, Kristen, quote, sounded upset but wouldn't say if anything was wrong. She was just like, she was upset. And she wanted to come home early. Oh, my God.

wanting to just like reach over and grab her and it sounds like you know like it could have been very much the like you know like she's having a hard time because she's an adult and she can't stop her from going but you wonder if she had some kind of maternal instinct there and then like everybody else made her second guess that kind of thing yeah you know

wanting to just like reach over and grab her and it sounds like you know like it could have been very much the like you know like she's having a hard time because she's an adult and she can't stop her from going but you wonder if she had some kind of maternal instinct there and then like everybody else made her second guess that kind of thing yeah you know

Yeah, overprotective.

Yeah, overprotective.

Sometimes you just know. Yeah. So the group continued hanging out until late into the evening. Remember, they're all hanging out at James's trailer. And around 11 p.m., James said he was going to go pick up a pizza and he left. And Kristen announced to the rest of the group that she was going to go out for a walk like shortly after he left.

Sometimes you just know. Yeah. So the group continued hanging out until late into the evening. Remember, they're all hanging out at James's trailer. And around 11 p.m., James said he was going to go pick up a pizza and he left. And Kristen announced to the rest of the group that she was going to go out for a walk like shortly after he left.

According to 17-year-old David Chamberlain, who was at the trailer that night, neither Kristen nor James seemed upset. There was no fights or arguments that broke out at the party. He said she just went out for a walk and didn't come back. When she left, nobody figured anything was wrong.

According to 17-year-old David Chamberlain, who was at the trailer that night, neither Kristen nor James seemed upset. There was no fights or arguments that broke out at the party. He said she just went out for a walk and didn't come back. When she left, nobody figured anything was wrong.

So back home in Burnsville, Kristen actually often took late night walks by herself. Her and her family lived on a subdivision, so it was like a little safer to go for a late night walk. So she mostly, most likely didn't think twice about going for a walk to clear her head out here. But when Kristen still hadn't returned after two hours, the group at the party started to get concerned.

So back home in Burnsville, Kristen actually often took late night walks by herself. Her and her family lived on a subdivision, so it was like a little safer to go for a late night walk. So she mostly, most likely didn't think twice about going for a walk to clear her head out here. But when Kristen still hadn't returned after two hours, the group at the party started to get concerned.

So they set out on foot to look around the area for her. And when she still hadn't been found by the following afternoon... James called the state police to report her missing. I'm sorry, what? So she goes out for a walk at around like a little after 11 p.m. She doesn't return by 1 a.m. They go out and look for her and they don't find her.

So they set out on foot to look around the area for her. And when she still hadn't been found by the following afternoon... James called the state police to report her missing. I'm sorry, what? So she goes out for a walk at around like a little after 11 p.m. She doesn't return by 1 a.m. They go out and look for her and they don't find her.

And then presumably everybody just goes to sleep and wakes up the next afternoon and then calls the police. That's weird. That is weird. That's weird to me. I'm sorry, I'm not... I'm not pointing fingers at anybody.

And then presumably everybody just goes to sleep and wakes up the next afternoon and then calls the police. That's weird. That is weird. That's weird to me. I'm sorry, I'm not... I'm not pointing fingers at anybody.

Yeah. Like if I'm at a party and it's not even like my friend, it's just like somebody at the party and I hear that they're missing and we go look for them and don't find them. When we don't find them, that's when we call the police.

Yeah. Like if I'm at a party and it's not even like my friend, it's just like somebody at the party and I hear that they're missing and we go look for them and don't find them. When we don't find them, that's when we call the police.

And there was plenty of people there that like at least one of them should have been like, hey, I think we should call the police and followed through with that decision. For sure. Yeah. So after receiving the very late report that Kristen O'Connell had gone missing, a search team of about 90 police officers and firefighters from four towns set out from the Vermeer's house to look for Kristen.

And there was plenty of people there that like at least one of them should have been like, hey, I think we should call the police and followed through with that decision. For sure. Yeah. So after receiving the very late report that Kristen O'Connell had gone missing, a search team of about 90 police officers and firefighters from four towns set out from the Vermeer's house to look for Kristen.