Moo regarding the sheriffs statements. .
While I see that there may have been a better way for her to answer some of the questions. .she by far is not the worst I have seen or heard when answering questions about an ongoing investigation.. that said I don't understand why it seems so far fetched for parts of the investigation to may have changed.. throughout investigating it is very possible that certain issues or details may have been uncovered or brought to light about the investigation.. therefore the status of certain people or issues could have changed.. that regularly happens in an ongoing investigation.. the investigation does not remain the same.. it progresses and in that progression information is learned that they did not have in weeks prior when possibly other statements were made.. it could change drastically or it could change just enough for LE to no longer feel comfortable stating that ANYONE IS IN THE CLEAR AT ALL. .
this is SOP as in when new details come to light it quite possibly changes the direction or avenue that a case is currently on.. does it not seem natural that LE would have learned much more than what they knew two weeks ago when they made a statement? Of course it does..jmo..
Just as cluciano posted the other day about the Vilet case.. LE went from saying the dad/stepdad Was in no way a suspect in the investigation.. to that later changing to LE stating he was a POI. . It happens..this is what occurs throughout a investigation.. there is new info that is learned that can change the status of the case. . I personally cannot cling to statements as absolute fact in knowing weeks have passed, much info has been learned, and for whatever reasons LE now states THAT NO ONE IS IN THE CLEAR..
*as a sidenote I am not one whose main theory involves the stepdad and that's not what I'm aiming at as the objective of my above post.. my point is that nothing remains the same.. there is a natural progression where much info is learned that wasn't available to LE early on.. this info could very drastically change the status and direction of the case.. IMO LE obviously are no longer comfortable stating that ANYONE is cleared or not still being looked at.. it appears as tho they are still very thoroughly investigating all avenues.. why the change? IMO due to new info being learned while investigating Sierra's disappearance.. IMO there's nothing hinky or unusual about that..
That is true, things can change but it isnt conclusive that it will change. Some cases just never get to first base and remain that way. Its unfortunate but it does happen. We have so many unsolved cases.
I dont think anything has changed. They are still saying as recent as a few days ago they believe she was either abducted by an aquaintance or a complete stranger. LE has no clue which one it is, imo.
There is nothing pointing to progress in the case, imo. The searches are getting further and further out with no luck of finding Sierra. In fact today this case seems to have gone silent. Nothing new and not even one mention about Sierra today on the national news outlets and only a local article about old news already known.
And we can all believe that the reporters are still contacting Lt. Troy Smith for an update on the case like they have been doing since she disappeared but yet ...nothing.
Since you mentioned Rick, I will say this. Yes, things do change, but never have I seen LE come out and state publicly that someone is not involved in a case and then it turns out they were. Not once have I ever seen this happen over the decades of keeping up with true crime cases. So imo, nothing has changed concerning the three adults in the case. Sheriff Smith can all of a sudden do a 180 degree turn, but no one is going to forget her Media Officer Smith, or her detective, Cardoza, saying Marlene, Rick and Steve are not involved in the disappearance of Sierra.
So I really dont know what has changed except it seems this case is dropping back to the backburner.
IMO
