There is one last thing I wanted to share. It might hit a little closer to home, and speak to someone who has the power to do something.
Not so long ago, I was involved in a situation that DID involve murder and knowing where the suspect was hiding. That suspect was someone my husband had known for years, or at least, thought he knew. We learned a lot more about him after learning he had killed someone. As a matter of fact, it happened only a few months ago. Some of you may recall me making a desperate plea for someone to contact me regarding a personal reason. Well, that was the reason. I couldn't think of a better place to turn to for help
Let me tell you, it was a scary place to be! Knowing where he was but also knowing if you said anything, you might be the next to pay, was only ONE of the many emotions that were flooding through me. I truly did not know what to do. I was scared! I knew what I SHOULD do, but, at that very minute, I was also thinking that I might be better protected by NOT saying something, than by taking the chance he would find out it was me that had something to do with him getting caught. The guy he had just killed was the same guy that had put him in jail for turning him in the last time for a much lesser offense, so you can imagine my fear.
Thank you to a few who assured me that telling LE was the best decision, no matter what. You were right and I thank you.
We soon learned that he had kidnapped a girl in HI (the girl we knew as his girlfriend!) and took her off the Island. It is unclear just how voluntarily that was, but this girl was among the list of missing that plague our country. She was a part of the statistics. A case you could have read about.
While I don't know exactly how it all went down, whether it was voluntarily, or mental conditioning over a period of time, but eventually, they had a child together. He was more than twice her age and she was a minor when he removed her from the island.
Fast forward several years, and here we are.
My point is, we knew this guy, and her too, but never really knew anything about them even though they were our friends. My husband actually worked with the guy, too. My other point is that I understand a little about what might go through your mind, first hand. There are so many things flooding though it.
It isn't easy. It's a lot to process, but in the end, there is what is right.