Have the police searched the boyfriend's house or the ex's house? Not just a cursory glance around but with a warrant? That needs to be done immediately!
If the police don't have that video by now, they won't be getting it from him. For all his words about how he is helping and blah blah blah, he should have brought that tape to the cops with him when he went. I missed the part about him giving the photos to the media before the cops. Why would he do that?!
This topic was just covered in the Savanna Greywind (RIP) case. In order to get a warrant, there has to be the nexus of a crime. As far as I know this is still classified as a missing persons case. There is really nothing to say that she simply didn't walk away. There has been no blood, no ransom demand, no evidence found (that we know of, anyway) etc. It can be very frustrating, especially for those who do not believe in a million years that she would walk away, but that is the law, according to news reports with LE that I watched on the SG case.
I am not surprised that they are calling off the actual physical search, if they have nothing to go on. After this amount of time, with no real leads (again, that we know of) where do they search? Especially with the vast majority of their force tied up in the aftermath of a natural disaster. I haven't seen any news report that they did or did not find her phone, but I may have missed that. If they did, then they are investigating any leads that that may bring, and if not, well...they are waiting for some kind of information to come in, or for them to find, to lead them to a place to physically search. I have no doubt this doesn't mean they are shelving the case, just halting search parties. IMO.
I still can't shake the feeling that perhaps the text messages sent supposedly from her may have been from someone else. Namely the BF. When I read the mumbo jumbo about the phones, giving her one of his, etc. it left a bad taste in my mouth. I may be barking up the wrong tree entirely, but I can't shake the thought that he perhaps manipulated her phone somehow. It wouldn't be the first time a case has gone down that path. I think I suspect this for a few reasons.
1. People that know her personally have said that the texts did not reconcile with her style of writing/speaking. The "He's Dreamy" etc.
2. Now, this is just my gut feeling and opinion, but I think the whole 'he's so wonderful' series of texts sounds like him posing as her. To make himself sound SO great and her SO in love with him that nobody would expect any monkey business from him. It is a bit over the top, for a grown woman who seems level-headed and business-like in most other ways. It just seems teeny bopper-ish to me or perhaps the way a guy would think women talk about their boyfriends. Like I said, it is just a gut feeling and if I am wrong I'll own my error.
3. I don't want to personalize this but I'm sure I am not the only one who has been in a relationship with a clingy, can't do enough for you, wants to move too fast relationship. Mine was right after my divorce and although I appreciated this person tremendously, I had just gotten out of a disastrous marriage and wanted to keep things on a fun level but not wholly committed to someone else right away. You have this guy putting a billboard up for her, taking care of her phone problems, partaking in family vacation plans, etc. On one hand it can feel great, but there is a thin line between that and smothering. Yes, she said she was happier than ever, but still living with the ex, emotions can be tangled. Maybe, just maybe, she told the BF she loved having fun with him and appreciated his generosity but needed some space to figure out who SHE was independent of either man. If this guy is head over heels with her and as clingy as he makes me feel he is, then he could likely be distraught and perhaps disgruntled. I have been there. I ended up with a stalker, which colors my opinion I am sure, but I'm getting that vibe for some reason. ALL MY OPINION.
4. There are other niggling things that don't sit well here. The LE talking about how they needed the whole video right from his system, which leads me to think that perhaps they suspect the stills don't tell the whole story.
5. Inserting himself so deeply into this. Now that might be a non-issue and completely normal. But declaring his innocence at the same time, when there is no crime even known for him to be guilty of, hmmm.
6. Yes, I have probably read too many WS cases and watched too much ID. But, every case I watched or read about on here was real. These things happen. And I am not saying I think this guy is complicit in Crystal's disappearance, just that if we find out he was, I wouldn't be shocked.
