What is the fascination with this particular piece of information? I keep seeing this here and on FB as if it's some vital part of the story we all need to know and I just don't get it. Is it just desperation for something, anything, we don't know? What changes if the friend's name is released?
eta: I'm not asking you specifically and expecting an answer. It's just a curious situation I can't figure out.
It's the fact that the person's name was not included initially as part of a normal news story - who, what, when, where and how. Two of the people last seen with a toddler who disappeared without a trace haven't been named. We know the relationship of one of those people to the child and his parents (ggf) and LE has said he is not suspected of foul play (or something like that - can't remember the exact phrase). "Friend" is a pretty vague word, and can mean anything from significant other to drug dealer to housekeeper. The fact that we can't place everyone in their neat categories peaks our curiosity. The fact that this witness is being treated differently than most people who are last known to be with a child who disappeared, makes it seem like there might be a story there. That's just what I'm thinking.