5-year-old, grandparents disappear from Calgary home

[Jimmy Stang]

As much as this horrifies the #### out of me, it is also fascinating to think about the work that is being done behind the scenes. Hopefully everyone is found safely, and after that I'd love to know what the hell went on.

[Drury18]

Police have towed a truck from the house:

Jim Wells ‏@SUNjimwells 33m
A truck is towed away from a house where 3 have gone missing and tow truck is followed by @CalgaryPolice #yyc pic.twitter.com/LNMJ3EdW2P

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Originally Posted by Red Vinyl

I know I'm new around here, but I just have to bring this up: I've watched the press conference from yesterday over and over. To me, it seems like the mother was a little too calm. I don't know. Just got a funny feeling. Maybe I watch too much TV. There were times when she broke down, for seconds, and then went back to staring off into nothing.

I don't know how you're supposed to act in a situation like that. Just a feeling I got.

I hope the kid and grand parents show up soon, and safe.

All right.... I have to speak up now. I worked with both the mother and father. I will say that she is an incredibly strong willed woman and that her demeanor was exactly what I would have expected of her. With her husband distraught it would be in her character to take charge and get the message out, because someone had to.

Don't make them victims twice over...

[Swift]

I don't know why people publicly speculate like that on public message boards. It's fine if you want to speculate in private, but on a well known message board like this in a relatively small city, there are bound to be family, friends and acquaintances reading this thread.

[MotoRacer]

Originally Posted by darklord700

CPS said "Disappearance of Nathan O'Brien, grandparents has become 'less of a mystery to us', say Calgary police."

Does it mean CPS thinks the kidnapper is known to the family?

What the heck does that mean... They now have corpses??

[Stanathan]

Originally Posted by Cameron Swift

I don't know why people publicly speculate like that on public message boards. It's fine if you want to speculate in private, but on a well known message board like this in a relatively small city, there are bound to be family, friends and acquaintances reading this thread.

Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

Is the family reading this thread?

Devils'Advocate doesn't think so. He popped in this thread and made only one post. It's on page one and it certainly isn't meant as simply as it sounds if you read the posts leading up to it.

I agree with you CS, there are times when a little bit of grace and respect are in order, even on an anonymous message board. I really hope there is a break soon and the parents and family can start healing.

[rayne008]

Originally Posted by Cameron Swift

I don't know why people publicly speculate like that on public message boards. It's fine if you want to speculate in private, but on a well known message board like this in a relatively small city, there are bound to be family, friends and acquaintances reading this thread.

Respectfully I disagree, I think the more people talking about it the better.

There is an AMBER alert out for a 5 year old - the more people discuss it the better chance he will be found sooner.

[SportsJunky]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

After hearing various details over the last couple days I've been under the suspicion that this disappearance might be about money in some way. Maybe not from a family member but potentially over some sort of bad debt or some other financial involvement that the grandparents had.

It sounds like the pieces might be falling into place and some sort of resolution might be coming soon.

What details are you referring to here? I haven't heard anything about the grandparent's finances. They were having an estate sale but that was because they were moving I thought.

[Swift]

Originally Posted by rayne008

Respectfully I disagree, I think the more people talking about it the better.

There is an AMBER alert out for a 5 year old - the more people discuss it the better chance he will be found sooner.

Of course there is room for discussion. But speculating as if it's a game of Clue doesn't sit right with me.

[StrykerSteve]

Calgary Herald ‏@calgaryherald 13m Police have released photos of the truck they're looking for #yyc pic.twitter.com/73YrkzvpFl

[cam_wmh]

They had an all-day estate sale as they are moving? Likely they took in alot of cash, and a spying eye would have noticed. I wonder if they had time to deposit it, after their day ended. If not, it could have been thousands of dollars in their possession that a robber may have sought.

[MrPlow]

Originally Posted by StrykerSteve

Calgary Herald ‏@calgaryherald 13m Police have released photos of the truck they're looking for #yyc pic.twitter.com/73YrkzvpFl

I live about 6-7 houses down from the scene and on the morning that this happened my wife and I heard a high-displacement/old truck RIP around the corner.

We told police about this - and it looks like this picture is taken from the corner infront of my house (that the truck sped around)

Glad that there is some progress!

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by Cameron Swift

I don't know why people publicly speculate like that on public message boards. It's fine if you want to speculate in private, but on a well known message board like this in a relatively small city, there are bound to be family, friends and acquaintances reading this thread.

I dunno, IMO, it's a message board, where people are free to discuss. It's no different than if it was a bunch of people talking about it at a coffee shop. A message board is just a larger coffee shop with a lot more people.

[MacDaddy77]

That's not a common truck. Hopefully they can find them soon. Hopefully this is a positive ending and no one ended up getting hurt physically. There will always be mental trauma to both the grandparents and the 5 year old

[Northendzone]

anyone know what kind of truck that is - looks like a chevy - but I'd need to see a blown up picture

[sec304]

"A green Ford F150, from the late 1980s or early 1990s, was spotted the night Nathan and his grandparents, Alvin and Kathryn Liknes, went missing. Police said they want to talk to the driver." -CH

[cam_wmh]

The tail lights look long and narrow, I'm thinking it's an early 80's F-150
**** NOT THE ACTUAL TRUCK **** (informative, and possible truck)

Spoiler!

[wretched34]

CPS says it's a Ford? I personally think it;s a GMC, either a 1500 or a Chevy Silverado. The main cause of my thought is the front bumper.
The GMC's have the bumper that wraps around the corner, where as the Fords were a straight bumper.
The bodies were very similar in that era, and the bumper could have easily been replaced, I'm sure the police have much better identification methods than I. That's just my thought.

[Ace]

How many green trucks of that era could there even be on the road. Can't they just pull the registrations and go knock on 20 some odd doors, easily knock off the majority that would be in poor shape. Is that too simplistic?

[Northendzone]

it clearly has a vent window, i am thinking it is a ford - i don't recall chev's having vent windows.

CPS presser at 2 pm.