IMO if my child (or anyone I loved) went missing I wouldn't be looking for hair color preferences or taking smiling sexual selfie pics of myself. I wouldn't have missed a truancy court date, or a vigil. I would be screaming at the top of my lungs for media attention and searches to find them. Sorry you didn't get the point Shvod. There's more to this case than is being said publicly. On RB public missing FB search page there has been many comments in regard to what has been found and things that the family know; however I do not know if it is ok to post those things. Many of those threads have been since deleted, and in my speaking to the family more is known than is being said out in the open. Again I do not know what is ok to post so I leave it here.
Oh I got the point loud and clear,
IMO the media is not painting her out to be mom of the year,
But it was the way you compared her hair color being died a funky color and compared it to Casey Anthony's hair, that's a weak comparison. I have bright purple hair and I would NEVER EVER harm a child nor would I ever stop looking for my child if, Heaven forbid, they ever went missing. That's all I was getting at. I have found one of LB profiles, although by reading through this thread I realize now that she has more than one. The one I found only showed pictures of the missing picture for Robert, this was months ago though I have not looked at it or for it since.
The one thing I hope Pekin PD has made a point to look at is to see if RB medication has been filled. I think that's a big point of interest. I've seen cases where the parent(s) of a missing child act very bizarre & it turns out to have nothing to do with them; in the same breath how many cases have we seen where a parent is crying out to the world to find her child when she knows he/she is dead...(like you mentioned previously, Casey Anthony did this, screaming from the jail cell that her daughter was out there and knowing all along her daughter was dead and I believe even knowing where the girl's dead body lay).
All I was getting at is that the color of someone's hair doesn't make them any more of a criminal than the color of someone's skin, sexual preference, etc.
Now the whole thing about her posting something on her Facebook that said "hair goals" after Robert was missing, yeah I think that's weird. I don't know how long after he went missing that she posted that, but it has been stated in many articles throughout this thread that Robert has ran away previously....so yes I agree that she has an odd way of showing her concern, but, perhaps she wasn't concerned at that point in time. This doesn't mean that I wouldn't be, I'm simply stating that perhaps she thought he would be running back home within the next day or so. I am in no means standing up for this woman, I have no idea who she is, and I do not recognize her...she is much older than I am and I don't live on that side of Pekin nor do I have kids that age.
I really thought he would show up by now. Everyday that passes by I wonder where he could be and I pray that he is safe somewhere, warm, and taken care of. I'm trying to be optimistic and I HOPE that my theory (and this is just a theory made up by me, trying to remain optimistic) is that he is with a family member or family friend somewhere out of town, that he has his medication and is being cared for, and that the only reason that he hasn't come forward sooner is because whoever is keeping him is going to get arrested for kidnapping and/or hindering an ongoing investigation, possibly obstruction of justice...and they are trying to figure out a way for this little boy to "reappear" without getting any of the adults involved in trouble. I know that's a shaky theory but I'm just hoping that it's true.
Pekin is not a big town; in fact it is only a bit larger than 15 square miles. Even in "rural" Pekin, IMO the chances of someone dumping a child's body somewhere in this town and it not being found by now, is not foreseeable to ME.
In response to the truancy comment, & I actually believe someone mentioned this in a prior reply and or comment; If my child was missing I think the last thing on my mind would be to go to truancy court, I don't know if I would ever want to leave my house unattended because I would always be wondering if my child was going to come knocking at the door. Maybe I have a different way of grieving/anticipating my child's return....I don't know, I guess I can't say what I would or would not do if I was in that situation because thank GOD I have never been in that situation.
At the end of the day I just hope the poor kid comes home and gets placed in a home, whether with his mother or not, that is suitable for him.
Sorry that was a long rambling, but your post had me until the hair comparison, I just didn't think that was fair. Sorry, just my opinion.
-Love never dies-