some paraphrased, some parts I missed
Chief Paul Rooney:
Good afternoon, thank you for coming. As you all know 11 days ago MP was reported missing. Other agencies, media and the public have been used to find Michelle
We are officially naming Dale Smith, the ex fiance as the primary suspect in Michelle's disappearance.
We had to look at every aspect in the case before we could come out publically and say Mr. Smith is our primary focus. We will not rest until Michelle is found. I will not go into details about the case, but I will say we will use all resources to find Michelle.
Michelle's mother: My daughter is still not found, she is still missing. We have to do what we have to do. We need her, we still need searchers, we still need fliers. And this is a sad day really, but I think it was inevitable.
Dale, if you're out there, honey, and you're listening to me, if you made a mistake and it was just a second of like... oh, I lost my head and I didn't know what to do.
Sister: If you know something let her be a mother to her children. Work with us, just help us, help those kids. You loved her at one point, try to love her one more time.
Mom: If you could have taken a polygraph when they asked you to, you could have eliminated a lot of stress. We love our Michelle so much. Thank you, guys, for sticking with us. I'm going to bring that girl home.
Is DS's father a suspect?
Chief: I don't want to go into that part of the investigation. He simply refused the polygraph. We are still in the investigating phase.
I don't want to go into any specifics on evidence. Not sure if his father has anything to do with this.
Does DS still have the children? That I don't know. There are no other suspects that I'm aware of. Change of focus after 11 days was a strategy. He can't go into any information found in the SUV.
Why didn't you think he was a suspect earlier?
Mom: He was cooperating, that's why they didn't think
Sister: There wasn't one thing at one time that wasn't being looked at. We, as a family, never let that slip our mind.
Do you believe he has lied to the police, misled them?
As her sister we talked before, of course I never really cared for the guy but he's the father of my niece and nephew and I'm going to do whatever I have to do to make sure they are in my life for the rest of my life.
Do you believe he lied to police?
Mom: If he had nothing to hide, he'd have taken a polygraph test, he'd be out here helping, his family would be out here. We haven't heard one word, not one word.
Brother: I'm sorry to interrupt your questions but my sister is still missing. Now we have a primary suspect, but we still need help to find her. I know you have questions about DS but the goal is to find my sister. Just cause we have a lead not that leads to one area, I don't want people to stop looking for her. I have no reason to believe that she's dead. It goes either way right now. She's either alive, or she's not. I have no reason to believe either way.
Sister: If she's not alive, god have mercy on...whoever did it.
Mom: The kids aren't going to have any parent if he did something, but they still have us...they'll have a normal life. They'll ride four-wheelers, they'll have dogs and cats. They won't be around people who hide.
This is a huge day, but we still have to find her. Thank you, every one of you, from the bottom of my heart.