Posting this here for Josh, Heather's cousin...
"Heather We miss you. You are loved. If you have anyway of seeing this, and you're able, come home! Olivia talks to me about you. She talks about how we can find you... If you can read this, and you are not able to call or come home, FIND A WAY TO GET ARRESTED!!! The cops will take you and we can get you home. Tell them, "I'm [COLOR=#009900 !important]the girl[/COLOR] missing in Cartersville, GA". We are praying over you night and day. We are praying over your family (Stefan, Olivia, Molly, and Nova), night and day. We love you. Your momma misses you so much.#HaveYouSeenHeather"
If you are on Websleuth please copy and post this from me... I applied weeks ago, have not been accepted yet. We love Heather. We want her home. At this point, this is my belief.... even in the best case scenario, that she chose to leave... we have never believed that, knowing her... but, in that scenario, we don't have any reason to believe that she is away, now, on her own. If she truly delved into drugs that deeply in 2 mos... if she truly was fed up with whatever and just walked... She is not still willfully staying away. That is my educated belief, based on knowing Heather and our family. Either way, if she is still 'with us', someone has her 'against her will'. That is what I believe, and that is what I have been told by the highest level of LE.
FYI, the GBI has been involved prior to yesterday. That [COLOR=#009900 !important]report[/COLOR] was given simply because we made it public. There have been other agencies and task force involved for far longer than that. They did wooded searches and searched many of the areas which have been spoken about here. I believe cadaver dogs were taken as well. Nothing was found. The search team, which I am part of, has been searching the [COLOR=#009900 !important]hotels[/COLOR] etc that were mentioned on this thread for weeks. When you read 'Goodwill parking lot' that is just a meeting place, where we give [COLOR=#009900 !important]information[/COLOR] and a plan and then we mobilize, move.
Finally, yes it is hard to have the investigation held under such tight lips. I personally have reached out to LE in charge on a few occasions, only to NOT ever receive a response... such as "I can't disclose that", "We are investigating that", or even a sincere response or F-off (excuse my language, that is where I am today). TBH I would not share that [COLOR=#009900 !important]info[/COLOR] with anyone but our family. You wouldn't either, if it were your's. But, we have to have faith that they act in this way because they know what they are doing and are doing all that they can. Because, if we don't have that faith... then we are left with nothing.
Now, if you want to rip or troll me... have at it. This is for those with a heart, and want to help. God bless.