Interesting...
http://www.wbtv.com/story/26138989/sheriff-new-leads-coming-in-erica-parsons-case-one-year-later
"The truth is Erica is missing. Certain statements made by the Parsons are inconsistent with the evidence we have gathered," Auten told the media. "It is not in the best interest of solving this case and finding Erica to release the details of that evidence publicly."
Regardless, he says that doesn't automatically make the Parsons suspects or persons of interest in the case.
"In our legal system, just because statements are inconsistent with the evidence doesn't make someone a person of interest of a suspect in a crime," he said.
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The missing teen's adoptive brother, Jamie, admits that last year he told detectives his parents beat Erica.
But when he sat down with WBTV last week to discuss the case, the 21-year-old pulled back a little on his accusations.
"Half the time I didn't see stuff just like that - no," he told WBTV. "I didn't see physically abusing as what people are trying to put."
Sheriff Auten says Jamie has not told investigators anything about this apology to his parents.
Casey and Sandy Parsons continue to face questioning and the couple's two youngest biological children, Sadie and Toby, have been removed from the home.
Jamie Parsons said he recently wrote his parents two letters "that I would try to fix Sadie and Toby's lives."
"I'm apologizing it got out of control. I mean, yeah, mama wants to find Erica too," Jamie Parsons told WBTV. "People think mama doesn't want to find Erica. She does. People think she killed Erica and she doesn't want to find her."