I am going to tell a story from my viewpoint of this whole thing, as far as the initial days of Lisa's case, and what MAY have went on with her parents. Now, this is MY OPINION only, and it not the same type of case, but there are some things that are similar as far as LE goes ( I feel).
My daughter comitted suicide at age 16 by jumping off a bridge/highway overpass. The bridge is 125 ft high. There is a bar right underneath the overpass. At approx. 2:30 am one morning, some guys coming out of the bar went into the bushes near the overpass. I do not recall why they went into the bushes. Had to pee, to smoke a joint, something. These men found my daughter's body. The police were called. They found my daughters car parked at the side of the highway on the bridge. The car door was open, the glove box was open, there were some items scattered about.
Anyways, I was questioned by a bunch of LE. I don't even remember who was there, local cops, sheriffs, maybe state police. You have to understand, all of this is remembered in kind of a fog. I was in a fog from the moment I heard the words "Melissa is dead".
From the moment I heard those words, I can not even describe what it was like. Kind of like a sign flashing in my head, a loop "she's dead. she's dead. my baby is dead. she's dead...." and on and on. I truly don't think i was even hearing clearly WHAT people were saying to me.
LE asked questions: when did you see her last, what was she wearing, who are her friends, what was she doing last night, etc. etc. etc. Over and over. And over. I happened to be on a weeks vacation from work at the time. The night before I had went with some friends from work to the bar as we belonged to a darts league. So I spent my evening playing darts and having a couple drinks. Maybe 2, I don't remember.
So as the police are asking me questions, I don't know if I was even hearing the questions correctly, hell I don't think I was even thinking. All there was was that damn loop" she's dead, shes dead. did she suffer, whathappened, shes dead. oh my poor baby. oh my god this is not real." And yes, I started getting aggravated. They just kept throwing questions at me, my brain wasn't working. At one point, I did snap, and I yelled at them. A lot. Something along the lines of "What the f#$@ do you want from me?!!!" Was this the proper way to act with LE? No, no it wasn't. I have no excuse other then I was shocked. In pain. Confused. I really don't know how to even descibe it. Now, you would think, since my child was dead, no one knew what happened, that I would focus on answering those questions, to find out WHAT happened to my precious child. But I didn't. I did try. But I just wasn't thinking clearly.
So I guess I just didn't do it right. I don't know. But whenever I think of Lisa's parents, I wonder, what was going through their minds when they were being questioned? Did they have a loop like I did? Did they just become aggravated, because of the shock, the unknowing?. I don't know. And I realize, a missing child is not the same as a dead child. But I think there are a lot of similarities to the situation.
Anyways, I just wanted people to see things from the point of view of someone who has went through something similar. Not the same.
Oh, and a suicide note was eventually found that my daughter wrote, so that closed the case.
ETA: I AM SORRY FOR THIS POST BEING OFF TOPIC
And yes, I realize that this doesnt explain why they won't talk to local LE today. I'm just talking about those first couple days.
