Hello! I just spent a couple of hours reading here about Susan for the first time, thanks to following nikb over here from another thread. I wasn't aware of Susan before because my main focus for over a year has been Stephanie Warner, missing from Southern Oregon and presumed killed by her boyfriend. I just want to let you all know how much I admire your efforts to keep Susan's case in the public eye, despite silence from her loved ones. Keep up the good work!
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I hope hearing about our experience with being Stephanie's "voice" will encourage you. In Stephanie's case, her family is far away and rather camera shy. Local friends were afraid of her boyfriend. Also, the detective apparently discouraged them from being vocal. The local public quickly lost interest in her disappearance. From personal experience, I can assure you that WSers
can cultivate relationships with the media and become a voice for the missing person.
For example, some of Stephanie's friends helped one WSer put together a beautiful video about Stephanie, which was posted on YouTube and distributed to all the local media three months after her disappearance. Soon after, her sister spoke out for the first time on TV. Interestingly, the video and posts on WS provoked the POI into producing three "rebuttal" videos! But the media didn't give them any airtime.
One of us keeps in regular contact with an interested reporter who did a three-day series on the one year anniversary, including a piece about WS. In addition, we haven't been shy about emailing the detective if we run across info we think he should have. Stephanie is still missing, there is nothing new and we are frustrated, but we are making sure she is not forgotten, as you are with Susan.
Although you have less info about Susan than we have about Stephanie, I wish you well in your efforts, and I hope both Susan and Stephanie (and all who are missing) are found soon and that whoever "disappeared" them will be brought to justice.