This case has me bouncing back and forth more so than any other case I’ve followed. One min I can agree he ended up in the water d/t storm, frame of mind, alcohol consumption, unfamiliarity with the location, etc. The next min, I think foul play.
I will not be surprised either way once we finally have a conclusion Unless by some miracle Chance is found alive and well (that would surprise me).
I do believe everyone who says he would never abandon his wife and son. Yes, he angrily stormed away but that IMO is much different than abandoning permanently. I think this was an unfortunate and unplanned permanent separation whether foul play or not.
As far as foul play goes, there are a few things I cannot get passed.
1. Her story doesn’t make sense to me. If she truly ran the baby inside and immediately started looking for him...how did she not find him? Vehicle = faster than walking; Gering isn’t the same as disappearing in say Omaha. I’m from a smaller town in eastern NE and I know pretty much every road there as I imagine his wife may IMO.
2. Her nonchalant comment and attitude (MOO) during the interview when she said it started raining and she just didn’t find him. So she gives up and goes back to her family’s house? Couple that with her statements blaming Chance for overreacting.
3. Wife’s almost immediate assumption that he most certainly “will be coming home in a body bag, not alive” per Chance’s mother (during an interview when asked about BE’s reaction to everything).
Possibly this is an unfortunate accident and it’s not unreasonable to think that the stress has inadvertently made statements come off as suspicious. Maybe wife was unhappy in the marriage and when he disappeared, the relief of not having to worry about the conflict/distention divorce often brings was such a relief that it was hard to hide in her actions and verbiage.
FWIW I remember hearing or reading in msm that he did not sound intoxicated/impaired and that he would have been sobered up given the length of time from his last drink.
I still can’t decide what I believe
All MOO