Little Girl Lost -PSYCH!

When I was in Vernon, a couple of weeks ago, a 9 year old girl went missing. As I understand it, she went missing at around 9am in her pjs. By 2pm the sky was filled with helicopters and the creek had been searched. I left town for a couple of hours and when I returned I heard that she had been at her friend's house the whole time. I was relieved but slightly annoyed at the idiocy of the whole thing. Unfortunatley I can't enjoy a good rant as I don't know the details.
sigh.
I hope I'm as good a parent as I am a judge of other parents.