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I don't think it's fair to say that hiring an attorney shows that someone has hindered an investigation.
People hire attorneys in missing person cases for all kinds of reasons, and we are not privy to those reasons.
A couple examples. Sometimes people just want their questions answered about the process LE is following. Sometimes people have been harassed and are seeking protection from that harassment and to try to put a stop to it.
We don't know why Matt's mother retained an attorney. It may not even have had anything to do with this case. To say it shows she's hindered the investigation because she hired an attorney is unfair, IMO.
Again, we'll have to agree to disagree.
IMHO, that's what MP MAY have meant when he said something like "You're messing things up." to AD, when she wouldn't be quiet about GP's disappearance.......
I've watched many cases here on Websleuths through the years. I've also reviewed 'cold cases.'
IMHO, when you have a person in an alledged abusive relationship, who was in the process of severing her relationship with the alledged abuser, and has gone to the trouble Gail had gone to insure herself and children a safe place and sufficient funds to survive, they had been in contact with a NUMBER of people outside the home who were aware of their plight and their plan to leave the relationship, and she ends up missing without a trace and leaving children behind with the alleged abuser,........ IF the VICTIM never gives any sign of being still alive (like calling one of their trusted friends/family), ends up either dead, or the case goes unsolved until ......................
I'm not meaning to be so blunt, but this is a pattern, unfortunately.
JMHO
fran
PS......I was researching domestic abuse recently, and I saw one thing mentioned I'd never thought of before, but it's oh sooooo true. Not only would Gail have NOT left her children behind, she would NOT have left her dog(s). Her dog(s) that we know she'd had with her and the kids when she went to the lake that last night. NOT leave kids, NOT leave dogs.
Pets are one of the things that get abused in an abusive relationship. I never thought of that before. But then it reminded me of a friend who's abuser tried to drown her dog. She saved the dog's life and not a night or two later, the dog returned the favor. Her abuser snapped and seriously, tried to kill her, but the dog attacked him! Yes! He went straight to jail, did not pass go, and stayed there for a year!
PPS......How do I come to the conclusion Gail was in an abusive relationship? By THREE 911 calls and LE giving her the # of an abuse hotline! fran
PPPS.....sorry, one last time.............about the attorney saying that about the friend who said she was all 'f'd up!'.................One difficulty abuse victims have is getting some people to believe them about the abuse. It can be detrimental to the victim. Someone they trusted turns on them and takes the side of the abuser!? Abusers often times are very good at what they do, keeping the problems, Gail not doing what he wants to do until he has to force her! They sound sincere on the outside, but do NOT get them behind that closed door! What goes on in their marriage, stays in their marriage!
I've watched many cases here on Websleuths through the years. I've also reviewed 'cold cases.'
IMHO, when you have a person in an alledged abusive relationship, who was in the process of severing her relationship with the alledged abuser, and has gone to the trouble Gail had gone to insure herself and children a safe place and sufficient funds to survive, they had been in contact with a NUMBER of people outside the home who were aware of their plight and their plan to leave the relationship, and she ends up missing without a trace and leaving children behind with the alleged abuser,........ IF the VICTIM never gives any sign of being still alive (like calling one of their trusted friends/family), ends up either dead, or the case goes unsolved until ......................
I'm not meaning to be so blunt, but this is a pattern, unfortunately.
JMHO
fran
PS......I was researching domestic abuse recently, and I saw one thing mentioned I'd never thought of before, but it's oh sooooo true. Not only would Gail have NOT left her children behind, she would NOT have left her dog(s). Her dog(s) that we know she'd had with her and the kids when she went to the lake that last night. NOT leave kids, NOT leave dogs.
Pets are one of the things that get abused in an abusive relationship. I never thought of that before. But then it reminded me of a friend who's abuser tried to drown her dog. She saved the dog's life and not a night or two later, the dog returned the favor. Her abuser snapped and seriously, tried to kill her, but the dog attacked him! Yes! He went straight to jail, did not pass go, and stayed there for a year!
PPS......How do I come to the conclusion Gail was in an abusive relationship? By THREE 911 calls and LE giving her the # of an abuse hotline! fran
PPPS.....sorry, one last time.............about the attorney saying that about the friend who said she was all 'f'd up!'.................One difficulty abuse victims have is getting some people to believe them about the abuse. It can be detrimental to the victim. Someone they trusted turns on them and takes the side of the abuser!? Abusers often times are very good at what they do, keeping the problems, Gail not doing what he wants to do until he has to force her! They sound sincere on the outside, but do NOT get them behind that closed door! What goes on in their marriage, stays in their marriage!
