Sorry I'm repeating myself, but the Ledger published Dorice Moore stories prior to January 2010. The Ledger is a Lakeland paper.
There was national mentions of the Abraham Shakespeare missing person case prior to January 2010, such as when the reward was offered. Not major stories, just saying he was missing and a reward was being offered. And no national mention that I remember or that I saw prior to January 2010 with Dorice's name. I went back through the threads and could not find any of the posters mentioning national stories with Dorice's name prior to January 2010.
Once Sheriff Grady came out and suggested they were looking at a possible murder, and when Dorice was named a person of interest, then it became a national major story with Dorice attached.
http://www.polksheriff.org/NewsRoom...ideDetectivesArrestLakelandPoliceOfficer.aspx
The Polk County Sheriff release states it was 1/6/10 when she was announced a POI. At that time, national stories came up with her name and the stories got longer.
I tried looking for earlier national stories, but could not find them. Perhaps someone else can. And as I said before, depending on what station you go for news here locally, there is one news station, Bay News 9, that won't even give the name of the POI until they are charged.
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2010/2/2/578110.html
"Moore has been considered a person of interest in the case for several weeks, but Bay News 9 declined to identify her until now because she had not been charged with a crime."
Bay News 9 is on 24/7, like CNN. When I want to watch news, I turn to them. They did not announce Dorice as the Person of Interest until she was arrested.
So, if you can find anything that is not the Ledger prior to the date the Sheriff named her a POI that talks about Dorice Moore and her involvement with this case, I would like to see it. I tried and couldn't find it, so if it is there, I missed it.
I was also looking for the date the Sheriff said it could be murder the first time. I think that was shortly before he named Dorice as POI, but still after 1/1/10. Could be wrong, so if you have the links and can post them, it would be appreciated.
There was national mentions of the Abraham Shakespeare missing person case prior to January 2010, such as when the reward was offered. Not major stories, just saying he was missing and a reward was being offered. And no national mention that I remember or that I saw prior to January 2010 with Dorice's name. I went back through the threads and could not find any of the posters mentioning national stories with Dorice's name prior to January 2010.
Once Sheriff Grady came out and suggested they were looking at a possible murder, and when Dorice was named a person of interest, then it became a national major story with Dorice attached.
http://www.polksheriff.org/NewsRoom...ideDetectivesArrestLakelandPoliceOfficer.aspx
The Polk County Sheriff release states it was 1/6/10 when she was announced a POI. At that time, national stories came up with her name and the stories got longer.
I tried looking for earlier national stories, but could not find them. Perhaps someone else can. And as I said before, depending on what station you go for news here locally, there is one news station, Bay News 9, that won't even give the name of the POI until they are charged.
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2010/2/2/578110.html
"Moore has been considered a person of interest in the case for several weeks, but Bay News 9 declined to identify her until now because she had not been charged with a crime."
Bay News 9 is on 24/7, like CNN. When I want to watch news, I turn to them. They did not announce Dorice as the Person of Interest until she was arrested.
So, if you can find anything that is not the Ledger prior to the date the Sheriff named her a POI that talks about Dorice Moore and her involvement with this case, I would like to see it. I tried and couldn't find it, so if it is there, I missed it.
I was also looking for the date the Sheriff said it could be murder the first time. I think that was shortly before he named Dorice as POI, but still after 1/1/10. Could be wrong, so if you have the links and can post them, it would be appreciated.