@ Mr. Noatak
I was thinking about the scream reported by a neighbor. I'm not accusing anyone of ANYthing. I don't even know which neighbor it was. It's a small community and many people are related. It did cross my mind that the "ear witness" might have somehow, or inadvertently, misdirected LE into the woods. It's so hard to tell where a sound comes from!! In our woods, we've found that sound bounces off sheds, barns, corners of the house, etc., and we often have no idea where the sounds are coming from! Many of us find it difficult at times to differentiate a human scream (kids playing, teens teasing) from unusual bird calls, and from other wildlife. I don't think the public knows if the scream was verbal or nonverbal. Even knowing my neighbors well, I still couldn't identify the specific person a nonverbal scream came from. I guess there's nowhere to go from there unless the witness is a relative of the suspect and LE believes there has been misdirection. Otherwise, witnesses just do the best they can... and I'm sure I wouldn't be a very good one at all!
If any of you haven't seen this (it's heart breaking), here's that video of Holly and her friends:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q9B4MQVWRg&feature=youtu.be
This line of lyrics really hurts when Holly sings them: "...you know I'm gonna be OK..."
I was thinking about the scream reported by a neighbor. I'm not accusing anyone of ANYthing. I don't even know which neighbor it was. It's a small community and many people are related. It did cross my mind that the "ear witness" might have somehow, or inadvertently, misdirected LE into the woods. It's so hard to tell where a sound comes from!! In our woods, we've found that sound bounces off sheds, barns, corners of the house, etc., and we often have no idea where the sounds are coming from! Many of us find it difficult at times to differentiate a human scream (kids playing, teens teasing) from unusual bird calls, and from other wildlife. I don't think the public knows if the scream was verbal or nonverbal. Even knowing my neighbors well, I still couldn't identify the specific person a nonverbal scream came from. I guess there's nowhere to go from there unless the witness is a relative of the suspect and LE believes there has been misdirection. Otherwise, witnesses just do the best they can... and I'm sure I wouldn't be a very good one at all!
If any of you haven't seen this (it's heart breaking), here's that video of Holly and her friends:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q9B4MQVWRg&feature=youtu.be
This line of lyrics really hurts when Holly sings them: "...you know I'm gonna be OK..."