This is actually one of the things that I can partly understand about this case.
I read an article a while back about families of missing persons, and when they are found deceased. The article said that because so many times the remains are decomposed and that even if the family sees the remains, they won't look like the loved one. And that psychologically the family may have trouble accepting that their loved one is dead. And that that feeling may persist even after DNA testing confirms that it is their loved one.
With this family it seems they have problems accepting reality anyway. So that combined with the normal difficulty with acceptance of the death, I can see how this family may have more trouble than usual with accepting that Caylee's remains have been found and her death.
Oh Mysteriew, How very weird you bring this up!
After Mr. Amity watched the 48 hours show with me (at my insistance) I had asked him what his opinion was of the show and after giving it to me, we continued to talk a bit about the As.
He said much what you just said.....
He said his friend growing up didn't get to see the Dad after he was found weeks after being lost in the mountains and died from overexposure.
He said because it was just the remains, nothing in a casket to solidify in the friend's mind that his Dad was indeed, very dead, that his friend just never totally came to terms with it.
Hubby and Friend would be out camping or fishing and friend would say some strange things to hubby, the type of things you'd expect to hear Twilight Zone theme music playing in the background.
Hubby (who lost his own Dad when he was 11) wanted to help friend get over those unsettled feelings but friend just couldn't.
They parted ways a few years later...college took them in different directions....and hubby says tonight he's always wondered what ever happened to friend and now wants to look him up.
I dunno about that...we'll see.
But I can totally see and understand what you've written especially now that I've talked to hubby about his friend.