Thanks, CP, and my other friends of the missing here at WS.
In answer to PT's question, think Fred Murray.
I have given LE things to check out. I never hear from them. It has been months. I try to be patient. They say they are working or worked on what I gave them. I have to trust they are, because I cannot force them to prove it as the case records are closed to me. I cannot take them to court if I chose to because I am not a person of any means.
Since I also cannot afford a good PI, I have to trust they really are checking these things. If I alienate them permanently in some kind of records battle, (assuming I could) then I am on my own to play PI, and that is not a good option.
So many families of missing adults are in the same boat, or worse. At least in my case, they did a fairly thorough investigation in the beginning. Many get no help at all.
Kelly