I am glad you posted this and I hope it is the case. For a while there there were more posts about Jaycee's biological dad than anything else, and really, he is kind of a non-entity here. He's a "never been." Maybe someday she will meet him but that is the very least of her concerns right now!
But Carl is a different story. He seemed to do a pretty good job fielding those interviews and filtering the information in the early days of Jaycee's discovery. And as you say, obviously, Jaycee's mom wanted to let him know right away! But it does seem odd if he has not gotten to meet her yet. I was hoping that any information he was giving was with at least Terry's blessing... and it did seem like he was somewhat appropriate to speak out since he had been looked at with suspicion.
Maybe putting Carl in the pictur just yet would be just too painful and she needs to just be with her mom a while (well, duh!) but I guess it could also be simply because he's a man and they don't want to introduce any men into this delicate situation yet, or it could be because he and Terry have been apart for so many years right now and they just don't want to complicate things or lessen her bonding with Jaycee by having her have to work through old issues with Carl. But gosh, he needs this too, and wouldn't it be good, somehow, to complete the circle of family there if even for a little while? It's not my business but it is just something that kind of strikes me in this story. Jaycee's Aunt got to meet her right away, Shayna... I dunno. There has not been much said about it, but I guess some of Terry's family had their doubts about Carl in what happened to Jaycee. Desperate for answers, they apparently turned a suspicious eye on him since he was the only one LE seemed to look at very hard. I think Carl is lucky to have escaped a life of substance abuse or something in his situation. I just really hope he is getting some therapy too. Jaycee and her girls and Terry come first, but Carl should not be forgotten, her abduction ruined his life.