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Sure..I understand not releasing SOME of the information..but not ALL of it..while a case is still fresh on everyone's mind. IMO if you keep most of the information "close to the vest" you don't give fresh minds a chance to recall anything..no matter how slight it may seem. I appreciate and understand your thoughts on this though.
My thought is - out of sight, out of mind.
Need to keep the public interested and tips coming in, et al.
Just saw this "The Mollie Tibbetts situation has heightened people's awareness," Pella Police Lt. Shane Cox told the Des Moines Register. "We don't believe at this point that there is any connection. We are fairly confident in saying the community isn't in any danger."
Man allegedly photographed teen girls jogging in Pella; police have questioned him
How can they possibly be "fairly confident"? Unless they suspect someone with only Mollie as the target.
Having been in LE, you do not always want to release information - especially if you are building a case. If they make some of this information concerning her disappearance public, and they have a suspect in min, it might cause the suspect to run - or worse yet, do other things to ensure they will not be charged with a crime, like destroying evidence. Everyone seems to think the police do nothing and just wait for leads to come in, but the reality is that there is most likely a very, very large team of investigators from every discipline (forensics, profiling, missing persons specialists, etc) working on her case.
I find it bothersome to compare this case to the Papini case. They have been vastly different from the beginning and don’t have nearly the same feel. The similarities start and end with the lone female jogger. From the get go of the Papini case, there was a skeptical response from the public and seemingly from LE as well, for so many reasons. That case has still not resolved(I personally don’t think those “suspects” will ever be found).
I definitely agree.Highly doubtful. I think the SUV report is just poor reporting and sensational journalism. MOO.
I couldn't agree more zxz! I see this happening time and again in disappearances/murders that are never solved. The time to get the pertinent information out is from the beginning while it is still fresh in someone's mind.
Thinking of Abby and Libby , Kyron Horman, etc;
The public needs the basics! IMO.
I still believe she was taken on her run, and I think it's possible that happened without anyone seeing. I think back to Kelsey Smith Murder of Kelsey Smith - Wikipedia
She was abducted from a busy Target parking lot in broad daylight (7 PM in June, which is still very light out). A random crime--the guy saw her in Target, followed her, and then ambushed her by her vehicle. At first glance, they didn't even see it on CCTV until they slowed it down.
So daylight, cars around, people in the parking lot, and no one saw anything that we know of. It was solved by thankfully there being cameras at Target and at the Macy's where he ditched her vehicle. All this to say that even before dark when we think some people may be out and about, it really just takes a second to grab someone and shove them in a car. Then you are out of there in seconds. Ambushed perhaps with no chance to even scream or yell out. And of course, if it was someone she knew fairly well and went with willingly, there would be no struggle or anything odd to even see.
I also think about the poster in the last thread from IL who drove to Brooklyn yesterday. He (she? I am unsure of poster's sex) is not from the town but said driving through, most people they saw just waved at them as they went past. So I don't know that people would be all that suspicious or on the lookout for a vehicle that didn't belong as we may believe.
There are several online verifications of this so my post should not be viewed as anti-law enforcement. There is a definite disconnect between LE and the public, which is most likely the reason more information is not shared. LE tends to feel the public doesn't understand their jobs, and the public tends to distrust LE. No solution. Initially Not much shared about Libby and Abbey, and still not much shared. The longer Molly's case goes on, the more I fear it will be the same. In Minnesota we're still dealing with the disappearance of Josh Guimond from St. John's College campus in 2012 with few details.I agree - I understand LE’s tactics vary based on the circumstances (such as this is still a missing persons recovery) but the lack of any clues given to the public and them urging the public for tips reminds me so much of the Abby and Libby case. It took them FIVE MONTHS to release a sketch made from two witnesses, which sadly at that point most media had lost interest. I find it hard to believe it could’ve been a new sketch either as I doubt they would view a witnesses sketch made 5 months after a crime reliable enough to put out in the public, which for some reason means they withheld it for months. I guess my point is I really hope they don’t make the same mistake here by withholding things that don’t affect the integrity of the case (sketch, timeline, etc)
We don't know. But, we do know they have retrieved data.New to this thread but shouldn't her cell phone and fit bit have significant clues as to where she last was or could have been taken? If she always wore it while running it should show where she was along with where it is now. Have they located it or the phone? Maybe I missed that part.
Why not call police on a strange black suv - at the time - when you see it crushing your neighborhood for 1.5 hours in a town of 1,400??? Baffling to me!
I live in a town of 40,000+; in a very safe and quiet part of town - if I witnessed a strange black suv (or any vehicle/person) for 1.5 hours; especially from 11:30P to 1:00A - I'd definitely be letting the authorities know!
I agree they need to keep people interested and involved in the case.My thought is - out of sight, out of mind.
Need to keep the public interested and tips coming in, et al.