Have not posted on Holly's thread for quite a while, but wanted to throw this out there. I have often wondered this same thing in other missing persons cases where the track just goes cold like the individual vanishes into thin air.
In Holly's case, how can LE know for sure that Holly is not alive and being held in someone's basement right there closeby? I know it would seem like someone would pick up on this if this perp had any relatives or close friends, but the case of Shawn Hornbeck comes to mind in how that creep was able to keep Shawn in his home and abuse him and neighbors did not know and he was even in an apartment complex, not confined to a basement. I know they have asked the public to watch for unusual behavior, but is there a person who lives alone around there, has kept his same daily routine, so as not to attract any attention?
Whenever I see or hear of a new case, this always bothers me that there is no way to do an all out search of area homes. Yes, I know it could be a violation of everything under the sun to do a search of EVERY home without a reason or search warrant, but if I lived in that area, I'd open my own home and say search away. I'd like to think all other innocent people would do the same but I guess I'm living in a dreamworld on this. Sorry for the rant. Just feel if TBI thinks it is "local", this seems like a possible, even though very slight, possibility.
Well, it's been almost 2 months already...... It's VERY unlikely that she is still alive.