Truecolors
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Many here seem to have a lot of faith in LE’s ability to suss out the guilty party within hours of being notified of SM’s disappearance. And when an arrest comes quickly, it’s pretty clear they were right. But exactly how long do you expect to wait after searches of the family home and the husband’s worksite (which were conducted weeks ago) for an arrest to happen? Have you ever seen a missing persons case where absolutely no guidance was given to the public regarding description of person, vehicle or clothing AND it’s taken this long to make an arrest? I can’t ever remember one. That’s an awful lot of certainty on the part of LE and, a month later, absolutely nothing to show for that certainty.
Not a missing persons case, but our relatively low-crime town had a notable murder a few years ago. She was found dead in the home in December. Son was in the home at the time, and no signs of break in. There was silence from LE for 15 months. In March (15 months later, not 3), the son was arrested. He plead guilty.
The town released their own announcement of his arrest, and thanked the community for support as they did “due diligence”. They also referred to the outcome as “tragic”.
The son was still enrolled in the local high school at the time of his arrest. He was a high achiever, active in extracurricular activities. It was a shocker.
MOO—when the arrest will really traumatize the family further, I believe LE may be very tight lipped about the process. And it’s possible close family does know more about the evidence and LE’s direction, reasons they are not searching for a stranger abduction.
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