Just want to say - there's no commitment. We are just grateful to have people verified and have them stop by once in a while.
Sorry to hear about your bout with CoVid - you take care of yourself. Websleuths can be very...distracting, for people who like medical or psychiatric mysteries. This particular case has the air of a psychiatric drama, IMO. (Regardless of who did it).
I've now watched the video in several phases and I have gone back to my reference files of "genuinely distraught" people (I've got cross-cultural funeral videos, as well as "person just got killed right in front of someone" videos, from at least 4-5 cultures). There are definitely universals to grief, although of course lots of cultural variation. I do not see those things in BLM, which is why I wanted your specific opinion. If he's the kind of person who disassociates under stress and doesn't function well (reduced affect) without sleep, I'm adjusting my expectations. But I truly believe this 27 seconds was taken from a larger piece. If someone else is there (let's say, someone who believes every word spoken by BLM), that makes a difference to me, too. From his steady stare at the camera and the lack of personal expression in his eyes and eye area, I think he's talking directly to a camera. Alone.
So the audience is himself.
He should have used the time to say when she was last seen, who last talked to her, create a sense of urgency. Was she perfectly cheerful last he talked to her?
Is the reason he switches from talking to Suzanne that he absolutely can't face talking to Suzanne? Can't talk to Suzanne or even imagine it? And so, instead, imagines talking to abductors. He does return to talking to Suzanne at the end, but mostly on behalf of the daughters.
The setting makes it look as though he's at his own house, but it seems pretty clear that he was not at the house, but staying nearby.