Originally Posted by JenniDahling

It has to be someone she knew, I can see the scenario now: She gets into a spat with one of her peers, ran ahead of them and someone she knew like a neighbor or uncle offers her a ride. Since she knows him and thinks she can beat the rest of the kids home, she willingly jumps in. It goes bad from there.

Unfortunately there are so many remote/rural areas that seldom get any passing traffic that the residents get a false sense of security. Many of them don't even lock their front doors, assuming no one ever goes out there. This sounds like a similar setting.

My heart goes out to the family, especially the dad who lives in NC. I couldn't imagine anything happening to my girls but know it would be far worse if I wasn't there.