thesaint
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I can see and I agree with potential POI's who fall within a certain circle of relations to a missing person lawyering up--but doing so in a way that they don't cut off all communication with police.
Just have a lawyer there when you talk to the police, assuming you're innocent. If you're guilty? Well, yeah, zero communication to LE.
But this POI's outside the normal scope of spouse/ex-bf/family-member-off-meds/last-group-of-people-she-hung-out-with/et al (which might mean he's guilty of something here, but that's all speculation).
Putting myself, hypothetically, in the former category--husband/current or ex-boyfriend of a missing person, and I'm 100% innocent--still get a lawyer, but also still talk to the police and help the investigation.
However, if I were in the latter category that this POI might possibly be in (assuming no affair, no drug hook up), just a random dude at her work who someone INCORRECTLY pointed a finger at? That is, I'm 100% innocent and have no connection to the missing person beyond having worked at her location (assuming no affair, no drug hook up, no unrequited stalker scenario)--I'd get a lawyer; but I'd also be working with the police. I'd make a public statement, via attorney:
wasn't me, here's my alibi, you got the wrong guy, please clear my name asap and get to finding the real perp.
and hand over whatever devices/records/info the police needed to clear my name ASAP.
So I could have my name cleared toot-sweet and get the f on with my life. If'n I was 100% innocent.
Have the lawyer there every step of the way; but help out the police not only to find DS, but also to clear me straight-away. so they can stop wasting time investigating me and get busy finding the real perp ASAP.
There are different degrees of lawyering up, I s'pose. And the current POI's level of lawyering up doesn't bode well for him.
Just have a lawyer there when you talk to the police, assuming you're innocent. If you're guilty? Well, yeah, zero communication to LE.
But this POI's outside the normal scope of spouse/ex-bf/family-member-off-meds/last-group-of-people-she-hung-out-with/et al (which might mean he's guilty of something here, but that's all speculation).
Putting myself, hypothetically, in the former category--husband/current or ex-boyfriend of a missing person, and I'm 100% innocent--still get a lawyer, but also still talk to the police and help the investigation.
However, if I were in the latter category that this POI might possibly be in (assuming no affair, no drug hook up), just a random dude at her work who someone INCORRECTLY pointed a finger at? That is, I'm 100% innocent and have no connection to the missing person beyond having worked at her location (assuming no affair, no drug hook up, no unrequited stalker scenario)--I'd get a lawyer; but I'd also be working with the police. I'd make a public statement, via attorney:
wasn't me, here's my alibi, you got the wrong guy, please clear my name asap and get to finding the real perp.
and hand over whatever devices/records/info the police needed to clear my name ASAP.
So I could have my name cleared toot-sweet and get the f on with my life. If'n I was 100% innocent.
Have the lawyer there every step of the way; but help out the police not only to find DS, but also to clear me straight-away. so they can stop wasting time investigating me and get busy finding the real perp ASAP.
There are different degrees of lawyering up, I s'pose. And the current POI's level of lawyering up doesn't bode well for him.