Is the police even helping the family in their searches at this point? Seems like the police is doing their own thing and the family is doing their own.
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The best way to deal with this is to ensure that the right information is getting to the right people. The family should set up a control center and clearinghouse for information gathering complete with maps of the area, contact list, and even communications management (walkie talkies, technology, etc.). Then establish a liaison to the police department, a liaison to the press, and a coordinator for volunteers who can then provide information upward to the family. This is really the best way to handle an operation of this magnitude considering the circumstances and area involved.
The website, great! – but keep it updated, please. The hotline to the police and the family, excellent!
With all the leads and information coming in what good is information unless it has been fully validated? What good is setting up and sending out search parties into areas of town that don’t make sense or ground that has already been covered? If the family really intends to work along side law enforcement then there has to be a partnership, period.
This is a question from my previous post but, what specific areas did the cell phone ping to? There should be a triangulation area or pathway the phone traveled. While the phone may not be with her, finding it may help find her or give a huge hint as to where to search. So far, I’ve only seen limited discussion on her cell phone trace or pathway it took the day she disappeared. It’s obvious from what I’ve read so far that the person of interest or whatever you call him/her accidentally left it on during the fight/kidnapping/etc. While LE might be holding back information about search areas there are a few reasons why this would be:
1. They don't want John Q. Public stumbling into the crime scene and potentially contaminating evidence.
2. They don't want any liability for a volunteer falling or getting hurt on a trail/cliff.
3. They don't want to tip off the person who did it so that they relocate the body. (if she's not alive)
I'd certainly like to make it clear that without specific details about her cell phone – it is nearly impossible to setup a team that will find her with as much real estate there is to search. The canyon area alone is quite difficult to walk and there are not enough volunteers or LE without better information on where to begin looking we're barely scratching the surface. Yes, LE has already searched 30 acres, excellent! We need to know where those locations were so we don’t search those again and waste time. Just hoping we "get lucky" with a search team is not a way to conduct a search of an area.
The whole point of this post is that every minute we waste doubling and tripling our efforts is more time Michelle Le is missing… we need to be efficient.
I am in Northern California, btw. I’ll gladly join a search team – as long as we’re doing a search smartly. My bag is packed and I’m ready to start looking, just need to know WHERE a good place is to start.
