(snipped by me)
If he is innocent then there should be something that can back up his alibi (like his roommates or other people, receipts, video or events that can prove he was not with Hannah after the time he claims that he parted ways with her. He could have saved LE thousands of hours of work looking and searching for her. But instead, he stays silent until they find him and then he clams up and then flees.
If he really wants her to be found then WHY would he not talk with the cops? If he knows that he left her in good health and unharmed, then there should be further proof of that. But instead, meets up with him and her trail goes cold there. Then from there on out, he has acted with a man who has a ot to hide, not an innocent man who knows he has done no wrong.
I have been thinking about the stance that a lot of folks here have taken about "if he has nothing to hide, why not talk to the cops" and "if he doesn't have an alibi, he must be guilty".
I am a middle aged+ school teacher with a squeaky clean record and a child who is an attorney. I don't even drink or smoke, I certainly don't do drugs, and, truly -- I have nothing to hide. The most I have ever had over the past 35+ adult years has been a speeding ticket here and there -- and then, only a few miles over -- not reckless driving, not anything big. Maybe it's because my child is an attorney and I have a different perspective than some, but I would never speak with LE without being "lawyered up". Heck, my child has told me never to even let cops search your car -- even with nothing to hide -- without a warrant. You know, how they say, "Do you mind if I take a peek inside?" Don't ever let them without a warrant is what my child has told me. Just for my own protection.
Now...let's take a look at our POI. If cops came bursting into my house, seized my car, and started combing through my things and taking bags full of stuff out of the house, you can bet your bottom dollar that I'd not be talking to them without a lawyer present. From what we know, he went to the PD to talk to them about getting a lawyer and then he sped off and did the reckless driving thing. Was that the smartest thing to do? Ummm...no. Maybe his lawyer said -- yes, they can follow you and tail you right now as a POI, BUT you don't have to talk to them without an attorney present and, as of right now (at least until the reckless driving thing) you haven't committed a crime, so there is nothing to hold you on.
Several folks -- can't remember if it was here or on Parker Slaybaugh's page -- have said that they saw his speeding away as kind of saying "Eff you" to Longo. They are probably right. I hope that I don't ever know what it is like to be tailed by someone constantly -- but I'm sure that it puts a lot of pressure on a person (as is the plan), guilty or not. They may have been hoping to put pressure on him in a different way, but, in my opinion, anyway, it backfired. Big time.
However, I don't believe that they don't know where he is. I believe that they are being coy and probably know exactly where he is and are hoping that he will lead them to something/someone that is pertinent to this case. JMO.
Now...to the whole "if he doesn't have an alibi, he must be guilty" line of thinking. Like I've said, before, I am a squeaky clean law abiding citizen -- but if I needed an alibi for my whereabouts in the middle of the night on most nights, I'd not have one.
I live alone out in the country in the woods and I'm a homebody. I don't believe that there is anyone who could confirm my whereabouts from 4 p.m. yesterday until right now, as I have been here by myself working on things around the house and yard. That's 32 hours, folks. I, actually, wouldn't have an alibi most weeknight evenings from the time I get home until the time I get to work in the morning. It doesn't mean that I have been doing crimes at night -- it just means that I don't have an alibi.
It's even worse in the summer. I like to travel solo doing wilderness hikes, camping trips, etc. with my dogs. When I am out in the woods in the summer, my family doesn't hear for me sometimes for more than a week at a time because most of the time, where I go, cell phones don't work. It's just the way things are. When I get back to civilization, I let them know and we're back in communication. No cc cameras, no cell phone, no receipts, no credit cards, no social media for days at a time.
So...to imply that just because someone doesn't have an alibi at 2 or 3 a.m. that they must be guilty is really rather ludicrous in my opinion. A lot of single people won't have an alibi. It certainly doesn't make us criminals or guilty of anything but living a quiet life.
Just my two cents for what they're worth.
