eucalyptuz
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I wonder if the police are trying to protect the witnesses and owners of the CCTV from the very active and emotional searches headed up by the family and community. For example, if the family was shown the above-mentioned footage, they would easily be able to identify the witness (also the last person to see Ariel alive?*) and the source of the footage (the residents of the house against the park...and potential abductors?!?*). What would then stop the family approaching the home-owners and witness? Other park visitors may be spotted on the footage and pursued as witnesses (and potential abductors!)*).
(*these comments are tongue in cheek but maybe illustrate where the thought processes of an anguished family member could go.)
I know that without a body, the possibility of abduction is still on the table, even if this possibility is remote. I know that as a parent, the slimmest hope that my child may be alive somewhere would propel me to continue the quest. I think the police know and acknowledge this but at the same time they have a duty of care to protect the identity and security of these witnesses.
(*these comments are tongue in cheek but maybe illustrate where the thought processes of an anguished family member could go.)
I know that without a body, the possibility of abduction is still on the table, even if this possibility is remote. I know that as a parent, the slimmest hope that my child may be alive somewhere would propel me to continue the quest. I think the police know and acknowledge this but at the same time they have a duty of care to protect the identity and security of these witnesses.