Shlock Homes
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This has been a perplexing case since day 1. Not a textbook criminal case at all. It all started with the amber alert, which wasn't a 'real' amber alert. They used the emergency alert system to send out the amber, even though that was mandated by the CRTC to only be used in cases of large scale emergencies, like terrorism, or natural disaster. People were woken around midnight twice, first for the initial alert, then the follow up not even an hour later indicating the child was located. When I saw it, I thought oh another false alarm. The true amber alert system requires members of the public to sign up for the messages. This wasn't the same thing. I can see why some folks chose to call 911 to complain, especially since recent cases have either been due to domestic custody battles, or girls with a history of running away.
Then the next morning, police revealed that it was a murder investigation. And her body was located in her father's home(?!). And I believe they said they found her after they arrested him. Then it took them almost the whole day to reveal that he was in hospital due to an injury, and the story about when they actually found her body kept changing. The most recent timeline that I heard was that they were at his place around 7pm, but didn't try entering the premises until close to when the amber alert was issued. But again, the timeline is fuzzy, was it 11pm? Then why was there an alert sent after, at 11:30pm?
And like others have said, how did he drive so far with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Obviously, they would have known he shot himself immediately, if he did it after they surrounded his vehicle. But again, it's not clear if they stopped his vehicle on the road, or was it already parked somewhere? And why does he own a gun, usually only someone involved in regular criminal activity would carry one. Was he known to police for other reasons? And no, they haven't even said what the cause of death was.
Many people are emotional about the case. Any time you want to discuss something, they don't want to hear it. It just should be filed away as a tragedy and leave it be. But there's always something that can be learned, or if police should be issuing amber alerts after they have located a child, for instance.
Then the next morning, police revealed that it was a murder investigation. And her body was located in her father's home(?!). And I believe they said they found her after they arrested him. Then it took them almost the whole day to reveal that he was in hospital due to an injury, and the story about when they actually found her body kept changing. The most recent timeline that I heard was that they were at his place around 7pm, but didn't try entering the premises until close to when the amber alert was issued. But again, the timeline is fuzzy, was it 11pm? Then why was there an alert sent after, at 11:30pm?
And like others have said, how did he drive so far with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Obviously, they would have known he shot himself immediately, if he did it after they surrounded his vehicle. But again, it's not clear if they stopped his vehicle on the road, or was it already parked somewhere? And why does he own a gun, usually only someone involved in regular criminal activity would carry one. Was he known to police for other reasons? And no, they haven't even said what the cause of death was.
Many people are emotional about the case. Any time you want to discuss something, they don't want to hear it. It just should be filed away as a tragedy and leave it be. But there's always something that can be learned, or if police should be issuing amber alerts after they have located a child, for instance.
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