I understand your perspective for sure, bigheart. I see it a little bit differently only because there has been so little solid identifying information about Cassie. Her clothing, for example, has been a moving target. So who enters information and who verifies it will become part of the investigation. For example, in the case linked in my siggy, Bob was entered into NAMUS by a family member. The clothing description that was entered was false. In his case, it is part of the active investigation regarding Bob's murder. (His case had a status change and is now a presumed homicide.) So it is very relevant who entered the information, what the information is and who verified the information...and in Bob's case, why it was verified. It is my suspicion, in Bob's case, that it was verified because the information that was added was misinformation. Which was supplied deliberately in order to obstruct his recovery.
I learned a lot from that-I learned a lot about all of the little pieces and what it means to an investigation. Everyone should be aware that when they contribute to an investigation into a case, they become part of the record kwim?