RE: BF's dad. I don't recall if this was ever really addressed in the media. If it was then it wasn't answered to my satisfaction. But then again, nothing ever is....
It's interesting to learn that BF hasn't been cooperative.
Thank you fallingdown, in my opinion your last several posts have been right on. We definitely agree on the strong likelihood of Kortne not leaving on her own. I also agree with you about the significance of the unidentified people who were with KS that night, and in my opinion there is a strong likelihood that they could be involved. I have posted about this before and outlined my theories, but I have not done so recently, partly because I'm never sure what is acceptable to post here, and there haven't been any recent developments in the news until the recent stories. Although it's largely pieced together from internet rumors, I'm sure that at least some others on this board share the general theory that there was drug involvement, money was owed and KS had arguments with one or more of the unidentified people, possibly people she and/or her bf owed money to on the night that she disappeared. Just my opinion of course, this could be way off.
A few thoughts on this after the recent articles:
1) The latest couple of articles generally support, or at least don't contradict this idea. The police are saying that they still believe that she was forcibly taken out of the apartment against her will. This was the original justification for the search warrants. We can guess at whose car(s) the police think she may have been transported in against her will based on which vehicles were searched.
2) SS's comments about the BF are definitely interesting. I support the way that SS has been involved in this from the start, I think he's looking at the key aspects of this disappearance the right way. While searching quarries and getting into helicopters and riding horses may be a way of finding a body, I think that traditional investigation and interviewing the people who were in KS's life (especially those she saw and had contact with in the last 48 hours before her disappearance) is the key solving this.
Reading between the lines, I think SS is trying to get out of the bf details about any drug involvement and unsavory characters that KS and the bf may have had contact or conflicts with. I think early on they may not have wanted to isolate the bf more by making public comments about any lack of cooperation from the bf, but now SS may feel he has nothing to lose by speaking on this issue. I don't think the bf had any active involvement in the disappearance, but yes he could be more helpful. Could be that he's not talking because he feels he's following the rules of the amoral drug culture.
I take issue with this. I agree that the whole system is designed to get people to save their own necks by giving info on other people to the police. Some people are professional informants who get paid to give up others, or who avoid jail time by making other people do jail time.
Message to the bf: That is not the case here, those rules don't apply. A grandmother who testifies about a murder she witnesses in her neighborhood is not a "snitch." If your girlfriend disappears, do everything you can to find her and bring justice the people who are responsible. If the people responsible are dangerous and you are scared, fine. Let the police do their jobs, you've got a whole army of well-armed LE ready to go get these guys. Be a man and assist in the investigation and give some peace to her family.
It could also be that he's not talking because he doesn't want to be the next to disappear. It may seem like the hard way, but the best way to protect himself is by cooperating.
This is assuming he knows something, he may not.
3) Police comments on the conflicts between KS and the man and girlfriend are interesting. I've always thought it was possible that they were LE's #1 suspects, and that CP and MR could have looked the other way or even aided the couple in KS's disappearance. If you believe the internet rumors about large amounts of drug money owed, it's possible they could be the "debt holders." Rumor has it that CP and MR are friends with the person that KS and her BF allegedly owed money to. Although, the article's wording is a little odd since it says that the woman was "defending her bf." While it sounds like KS was(is) an assertive young woman, it is a little tough to imagine a dangerous drug character being defended by his gf. So this may cut against this theory, but I guess stranger things have happened.
Just my opinions.