A few interesting tidbits in this FOX article: the part about immunity and going before a grand jury and then this rather telling statement from "their spokeswoman." This is the first I've heard of such a person.
"Fox59 contacted Rob and Charlene Spierer for a comment about their meeting with Rosenbaum, but they had none. As for Rosenbaum's interview with The Journal News, their spokeswoman said "Sounds like a lawyer wants to get something out there."
http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-rose...urens-disappearance-20111101,0,4796797.column.
The reporter puts words into JR's mouth.
http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-rose...urens-disappearance-20111101,0,4796797.column
Rosenbaum first spoke to Fox59 in August and insisted he talked with Rob and Charlene Spierer regularly.
"I talk with them privately, I deal with them privately," he said from inside his car with the window rolled down.
But when Fox59 shared his statement with Lauren's parents, they were shocked.
Charlene Spierer told Fox 59, "We do not have and have never had any relationship with Jay Rosenbaum. I have never spoken with Jay Rosenbaum about Lauren's disappearance and have had absolutely no interactions with him whatsoever."
JR did not say that he talked to LS's
parents on a regular basis. His statement means only that he talks to some member(s) of her family. Surely LS has relatives other than her parents.
JR may have been distorting the truth, but the reporter obviously did not even consider whether or not JR may have contact with some other member of LS's family, which may be likely since his grandparents at one point lived in the same neighborhood as LS's grandparents.
The quality of reporting on this case is very poor. The bias is obvious. Without evidence, the reporters strongly believe that JR either murdered LS or let her die, and then secretively disposed of her body.
The media is attacking this man, and denying him his rights to due process under the law.
Reporters are often very idealistic people; maybe they want to blame JR, because to confront the facts of the situation refutes all their favorite dogma: women are equal to men in every respect,
except that a woman is more likely to be targeted for rape, and less likely to be able to fend off an attacker; drugs are harmless fun, and part of "finding yourself,"
except that you could end up dead for nothing; universal college is a brilliant idea,
except that only about 15% of the population need research skills, and the rest are so bored that they are turning to drugs.
If JR is a crazed murderer, none of those exceptions have to be confronted.
Yesterday I happened to observe a group of three college students. The girl had two large, athletic-looking male companions. She had apparently brought them along with her to a store to intimidate a store manager who had refused to give her a cash refund for merchandise without a receipt. At first, the larger guy seemed mentally challenged; he was babbling inarticulately, and then he started kicking his legs up and prancing about the store for no reason. The other guy was more sober, but his demeanor was crude and threatening. Despite the fact that the manager was a lady his mother's age, he was smart-alecky and offensive.
If only two college students stoned on drugs can be difficult, can you imagine how the college administrators feel, being held accountable for the behavior of hundreds of them, similarly stoned, on any given weekend night?
