State Police say re-enactment re-affirms their Caleigh Harrison theory

Massachusetts State Police spokesman David Procopio explained to FOX 25's Bob Ward on Wednesday exactly why investigators think missing toddler Caleigh Harrison was not kidnapped.

State Police say the beach was not crowded on April 19 when Caleigh went missing, but they have interviewed beachgoers and a surfer who saw Caleigh playing with her mother and sister.

Allison Hammond has told investigators she left her children alone on the banks of the Saratoga Creek, near the footbridge, for up to two minutes while she retrieved a ball for them.

Witnesses say they saw Allison looking for Caleigh and calling her name, but it would be another 10 minutes before anyone called 911.

The outgoing tide at Saratoga Creek was strong that day. On Wednesday, State Police put a floatation device in the creek at about the same place Caleigh may have fallen in. The water there is three feet deep. A 200 pound diver followed the float and in only fifteen minutes that strong current pushed the float and the diver out past Saratoga Point.

In just a few more minutes another current pushed the float out toward Milk Island and open water where a more powerful current, nicknamed the bowling alley by fisherman, carried it out to sea.

State Police divers searched the area and have turned up no sign of little Caleigh. Sources tell FOX 25's Bob Ward the search re-affirmed the powerful pull of the currents in the area where Caleigh Harrison vanished.

In the 10 minutes from the time where Caleigh was seen to the time someone called 911, Caleigh could have already been far out to sea.

Mass. State Police say in all of their interviews, no one has reported seeing any cars quickly leaving the area.

Both State and Rockport Police have received hundreds of tips. People have even shared photos of little girls they think might be Caleigh. State Police say all of those photos have been shown to Caleigh's mother. She's told police that none of them are her daughter.

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