To answer one person's question about the trip to DR. I'm in CO, and flying and staying in the DR is cheaper than even Mexico...it's a very cheap vacation place, food etc. I took my daughter two years ago when close to broke, so I'm pretty sure they could handle paying for it themselves, even with a low paying childcare job, you just have to be financially smart.
In CO, the police pretty much gave up looking for Adam G., and it's not like he was found far away, they simply passed him over and didn't see him for whatever reason...he was found a month later by the public. Had the goodbye type Insta post and all that. Appeared happy, new job etc. In the case of Rita, because they have a suspect, searches are still ongoing months later, and the public is encouraged to search. Honestly, I don't put a lot of faith in the police stating they have searched an area properly, it seems like many missing persons are found after a few passes. I would also like to know if they have searched the lake yet.