I may not be different. It all comes down to who planned the party. If the Powesheik County Sherriff’s department planned it I’m not expecting much. If DCI planned it I’m leaving work early to be there. And maybe the best way to know that is to ask - I’m going to try to find that out.
Sorry, it was the Sunday before she disappeared. Mollie Tibbetts' father says he is putting his faith in the investigators
I'm not sure what the source is (so many threads) but the dad stated he spoke to each of his children on a regular basis and a 3 hour call was NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
I do think this is odd too. I can see letting it go if she was an unreliable person who did this often but she was working for a daycare. You showing up is a pretty big deal when little people are counting on you. If nothing else, the organization she works for found a major fault in their system of what to do when someone who typically always shows up for work doesn’t. Call the first emergency contact on their employee sheet.
Great point. Let’s say they were leaving for the fair at 9 and Mollie hadn’t shown yet. They call her phone once or twice as they are checking kids in and loading them up in vehicles. But they think, like most of us would, that the explanation for her tardiness is probably run of the mill. Maybe her alarm didn’t go off, her car wouldn’t start, her ride was late, she got sick and would call soon. Especially in a small town, with someone as clean cut as MT appears to be, your mind wouldn’t immediately drift to danger. Then, when they didn’t hear from Mollie after a couple hours, someone called her brother or boyfriend (or both) just to check in as a courtesy. They still, at that point, probably believed Mollie was late due to some legitimate issue and was having trouble reconnecting with them in the middle of a fair where they may not have a great phone signal and are constantly moving.Could someone remind me what time work notified the boyfriend that she hadn’t come to work? (Mid-afternoon??).
One possible reason for the delay in notification is due to the field trip going on that day. I am sure that day was much more hectic than most, with trying to get all the kids ready to go (bathroom breaks for them all, etc), transportation to the fair, etc with one fewer employee. I could see a call from the manager to alert family/boyfriend in the morning if it was a routine day.
Another thing to remember is (aside from some of us on this site), people do not automatically jump to idea that something is terribly wrong. People have a tendency to explain things away. However this is a bit different since it is a no show for a job.
Just found a YouTube video of A virtual tour of the DCI lab in Iowa. It’s really interesting. Not sure if it’s permitted to post url here. If not just search YouTube for it.
That is a definite possibility as well. It would be totally consistent with DCI’s role to decide when it’s appropriate to release more information.
In other words, the 3 hour call has no significance to this case. At all.
I totally agree, but I don't know. I am skeptical at the magnitude of any new information released unless it involves an arrest, or MT being found either dead or alive. I believe the whole time they have had a suspect, little to no evidence, no Mollie.
Agreed. If Mollie had been found, once again I state that Dad (RT) would not have been out and about over the weekend. As for a POI, maybe a name would be released if they needed the public to help locate person(s).
My apologies for asking, I hadn't read where he spoke to the children regularly.
