jimmydo
Bear in mind I could be wrong at any given moment.
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The problem is that the police ALSO had the 911 call where she came across as rambling and incoherent. Given that, they would have been looking for just another someone running around town either drunk or high, not for a potential murder victim. When they did not find her the most reasonable explanation for them at the time would have been that she simply moved on. That happens ALL the time for police officers, babysitting drunk/stoned people accounts for a big chunk of their time. They simply dont have time or resources to launch major manhunts every time there is a report of someone acting wierd, if they did that is all they would ever do. It would not have seemed exceptionally unusual to them. There was no reason to think that she was dead somewhere or had been murdered, they did not know that she was missing until much much later.
To say SG "came across as rambling and incoherent' is pure speculation, based on the stories of the very same persons of interest on the scene. Those stories seem to have taken on a life of their own, and superseded what SG herself told 911. The first responders should have taken any and all such statements with a grain of salt, at least until SG was found. Those statements should have been looked at for what they were: a cover story to explain why SG called 911. Therefore, any statements about SG being 'rambling and incoherent' should be taken VERY skeptically, in light of the victim's own words "They're trying to kill me".
BTW: I DO NOT buy the 'drug induced panic theory'. Most people who are chronic drug/alcohol users can still function quite well under the influence. I guess it doesn't need to be pointed out that SG had the presence of mind to determine she faced a grave threat to her life, and it turns out that she was 100% correct about that threat.
Who said anything about launching a major manhunt?
You are misconstruing what I actually said: unless and until SG was found alive, I would have been more dismissive of the alleged 'rambling and incoherent' condition than I would about SG's own statement of "they're trying to kill me", and if I were the first responding detective/officer I would have detained the key people and intensively questioned them at HQ, recording the entire process. I would have considered what everyone had said, but I certainly would be far more concerned about the possibility of someone being killed as opposed to being intoxicated. Death is PERMANENT, being intoxicated and lost is temporary. Therefore, one carries more weight than the other.
Obviously, the SCPD were both quick and oh so willing to dismiss SG's words in favor of the words of those who were personally involved with the events that fateful night.