After all this time I still can't wrap my head around this case. A beloved daughter and friend goes missing, and what happens?
Mom says she believes AJ's safe but doesn't believe texts sent were from her. Msm reports she was last seen at 5:30 am, 7:30 am, or maybe driving her truck or maybe walking in her neighborhood. No one clarifies the time.
People ask “What was she wearing?” No answer. People ask “Are there any places AJ likes to go and hang out?” No answer. People ask “Does AJ have friends or relatives in other states?” No answer. Instead the page dedicated to finding her announces various fundraising, the family spokesperson asks for funds to start a social media business. A petition misstating Virginia Code is started. People are warned that negative comments will be removed. Cops are called on the media.
AJ's dad believes AJ is being held in the house of a friend – who lives with his mother – and hatches a plot to break into it. AJ's friends go along with it. Prior to the break-in WH blows an air horn in front of the boy's house. AJ's friends lie to LE. Fourteen days later they admit the lie. SM wars rage on and on.
And these are just some highlights. Right now, as a member of the public I don't trust any of these people. They should all be ashamed of their actions. Poor AJ was lying behind an abandoned house while the people who supposedly loved her were more concerned about themselves and what strangers thought of them. How can they even sleep at night?