If you kidnapped a child that triggered world wide media & police interest would you really do this?

No I would keep her under wraps until the timing is right for me to do with her what I had originally wanted to do with her. If I kidnapped her to keep for myself then she would be going nowhere but in my home. Until she is old enough and her appearance had change enough to not make anyone figure out who she was. Now that is just me. Their are a lot of crazies in the world, and they don't have the mind to think rationally. So as for the sightings being hoaxes, I would check into every last one. That is what investigative reporting is all about.