What bothers me is when LE seems to have the attitude of, "Well she/he had plans to go away willingly, therefore there's nothing more to investigate." Even if a person was upset about something, did plan to leave, went somewhere willingly, or even planned to kill himself or herself, why does that mean something ELSE (additional) couldn't have happened along the way? Or is it that they figure the person was going to disappear/commit suicide anyway, so it doesn't matter? I'm not suggesting whatsoever that they consciously think this or say it, but I wonder.
I can understand the importance of and temptation to look at the circumstances surrounding a person's disappearance, such as whether or not there was any reason for wanting to get away, but when you throw something like an unplanned car accident into the mix, ANYTHING could have happened afterward. Even if she had been suicidal and doing the "old squaw walk," something completely different could have happened to her after this wreck
In a hypothetical situation, I could get upset with my husband tonight and say I'm walking to a motel to stay there for a few days. On my way there, a
serial killer could pick me up on the side of the road. It seems like the police would only go as far as to find out I had planned the disappearance and would dismiss it and stop looking into it any further until my dead body was found in an alley. Know what I mean?