Lilibet
Southern Oregon
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THANK YOU Neptune for your beautiful post about Stephanie. Mental illness is an illness that is very hard to manage, even with support. It is nothing to be ashamed of. But trashing someone with mental illness IS shameful.
I have to respond to Ames' video. I apologize for the length of this post. I'm too angry to edit! :stormingmad:
I too, agree with Ames, that Henderson and the media have been inaccurate. I don't know if it's sloppy reporting or deliberate, as Ames says. Probably it's a little of both. But the points he addresses in his video are self-serving and do nothing to shed light on Stephanie's disappearance.
Ames is implying that Stephanie is alive somewhere, not knowing who she is, carrying around wads of cash. I would love to think that's true! But on camera, on that KOBI 5 interview he wants posted in full, I heard him accuse her neighbor and former boyfriend of being responsible for her disappearance. His son has posted on social media suggesting this neighbor is hiding something from LE. Ames can't have it both ways. Is the neighbor and former boyfriend responsible for Stephanie wandering around somewhere?
He complains that the distortions and omissions of facts by the media do nothing to find Stephanie and only serve to incite a lynch mob mentality in the public. He totally avoids the questions: What did he do to find Stephanie? Why didn't he report her missing? Why was he silent for so long? Why didn't he plaster the Rogue Valley with fliers?
Yes, Ames had been living in Stephanie's house since she disappeared and Henderson knew it. But Stephanie had kicked him out, and he was not living there when she disappeared. It was NOT his legal residence. He, his son and dil and dil's mother were squatting. But this is not the issue.
We really don't care whether or not Ames threw parties at Stephanie's after she disappeared. That's not the issue either.
Yes, they did abandon at least one animal. His son and dil left their dog behind. I was in Ruch the day the animals were being dispersed to new homes. It had been quite a scramble to find homes for some of them. But again, this is not the issue.
I do not understand why Ames would deposit over $10,000 directly into Stephanie's account, let her manage it, and have not access to his own money. All I can think of is money laundering. Why is this in the video? Is it supposed to make him look good? What does this have to do with anything?
I, too, would love to see the interviews Ames did with channels 5 and 12. I've pestered channel 5 repeatedly to at least air the original 2 minute interview. But reducing a 30 minute interview to two minutes is common news practice, not a conspiracy to make Ames look bad. He does that without their help on his YouTube channel. I'm sure these interviews will be shown in full if there is a trial.
The bottom line here is that this video by Lennie Ames shows no love or concern for Stephanie. His only concern is defending himself against fairly minor accusations while trashing Stephanie and attacking the media for being unfair.
Can we spell N-A-R-C-I-S-S-I-S-T boys and girls?
I have to respond to Ames' video. I apologize for the length of this post. I'm too angry to edit! :stormingmad:
I too, agree with Ames, that Henderson and the media have been inaccurate. I don't know if it's sloppy reporting or deliberate, as Ames says. Probably it's a little of both. But the points he addresses in his video are self-serving and do nothing to shed light on Stephanie's disappearance.
Ames is implying that Stephanie is alive somewhere, not knowing who she is, carrying around wads of cash. I would love to think that's true! But on camera, on that KOBI 5 interview he wants posted in full, I heard him accuse her neighbor and former boyfriend of being responsible for her disappearance. His son has posted on social media suggesting this neighbor is hiding something from LE. Ames can't have it both ways. Is the neighbor and former boyfriend responsible for Stephanie wandering around somewhere?
He complains that the distortions and omissions of facts by the media do nothing to find Stephanie and only serve to incite a lynch mob mentality in the public. He totally avoids the questions: What did he do to find Stephanie? Why didn't he report her missing? Why was he silent for so long? Why didn't he plaster the Rogue Valley with fliers?
Yes, Ames had been living in Stephanie's house since she disappeared and Henderson knew it. But Stephanie had kicked him out, and he was not living there when she disappeared. It was NOT his legal residence. He, his son and dil and dil's mother were squatting. But this is not the issue.
We really don't care whether or not Ames threw parties at Stephanie's after she disappeared. That's not the issue either.
Yes, they did abandon at least one animal. His son and dil left their dog behind. I was in Ruch the day the animals were being dispersed to new homes. It had been quite a scramble to find homes for some of them. But again, this is not the issue.
I do not understand why Ames would deposit over $10,000 directly into Stephanie's account, let her manage it, and have not access to his own money. All I can think of is money laundering. Why is this in the video? Is it supposed to make him look good? What does this have to do with anything?
I, too, would love to see the interviews Ames did with channels 5 and 12. I've pestered channel 5 repeatedly to at least air the original 2 minute interview. But reducing a 30 minute interview to two minutes is common news practice, not a conspiracy to make Ames look bad. He does that without their help on his YouTube channel. I'm sure these interviews will be shown in full if there is a trial.
The bottom line here is that this video by Lennie Ames shows no love or concern for Stephanie. His only concern is defending himself against fairly minor accusations while trashing Stephanie and attacking the media for being unfair.
Can we spell N-A-R-C-I-S-S-I-S-T boys and girls?