Where were the police?
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max-silver — 12 years ago(November 08, 2013 02:38 PM)
Given the timeframe, it's likely no one had noticed they were missing when Gordon murdered them, but when their neighbours don't see them over the next few days, people would likely start asking questions and call the police.
Also, his daughter is still an infant and not yet in preschool, and his wife stayed at home to take care of their daughter, so their disappearance wouldn't be noticed immediately.
As for Jeff, most likely he was coming down from an adrenaline rush brought on by a nyctophobia attack. -
Danimal_77 — 12 years ago(December 03, 2013 12:09 AM)
Did you even think this through before you typed out this post of yours? Why would anyone call the police when no one knew that a woman and her baby were dead? It had only been a few days. It would only have been "on the news" as you put it, if it had BEEN REPORTED. It clearly had not. We are to assume that the wife didn't work and took care of the new born baby. Sadly, they were lying dead in the kitchen for days, having been butchered by Gordon, while Gordon had not been back home (he could not face what he did) and therefore, no one KNEW what had happened, other than Phil and Jeff asking him how his wife/daughter is doing.
Again, did you even give any of this much thought? This is not 1952 where neighbors knock on each other's doors for sugar, or the milk man and newspaper boy come around to collect their money. This was 2001, where everyone minded their own business. Pretty self-explanatory. -
clockworkorange13 — 11 years ago(April 27, 2014 09:08 AM)
totally agree. how the hell would it be on the news if no one even noticed they were missing. i mean a human corpse can ride the subway for 2 days in new york city before anyone bothers to notice and report it.
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jesseredwards — 9 years ago(August 04, 2016 06:27 AM)
You know, the basic plot of the film was losely based on a true story. A man came home and murdered his wife and left her organs in the backyard. He too went back to work like nothing had happened. It was a couple of days before people noticed something was wrong. I'm sure the cops find Gordon in the end. If nothing else someone from the city would have to to see if the job had been finished by Monday if promised.