Reading between the lines of Ms. Starr’s thought process, I’d say she knew exactly who Hope Brown was and didn’t just happen in there by chance. But she did not immediately recognize Stokes, so he was not on her intuition radar as having any real connection to Faith Brown’s killing. That’s to be expected — it would’ve made her look callous and reckless to direct the girls towards him if he was a “person of interest” to her.
Reading between the lines of Ms. Starr’s thought process, I’d say she knew exactly who Hope Brown was and didn’t just happen in there by chance. But she did not immediately recognize Stokes, so he was not on her intuition radar as having any real connection to Faith Brown’s killing. That’s to be expected — it would’ve made her look callous and reckless to direct the girls towards him if he was a “person of interest” to her.