Although I really, really hope that I am wrong, I do agree with the general consensus that this is not a simple run away. Too much time has passed without any sign from Hailey. As I mentioned in a previous post, Hailey is a good kid. IF she did simply run away, then I really think that by now she would have contacted her family or a friend to at least let everyone know that she was OK.
TGIR, as far as I know, no polygraphs have been administered yet.
To everyoneneedsavoice, I am sure that Billie would be very grateful for you to put fliers up. I pass your offer to her later this morning. If you would go ahead and PM me your e-mail address I will get a copy of the official flyer with the offer of a reward to you as soon as I talk to Billie.
To the questions that elepher50 raised..... "Several citizens met at the Colorado Middle School on Friday morning and fanned out across Colorado City to pass out flyers. An impromptu base was set up at the CMS cafeteria for volunteers wanting to help. Some Colorado High School students also traveled to Sweetwater to pass out flyers, expanding the search area in hope of finding the missing girl." This is from our weekly newspaper's site. Here is the link to the full story, which was posted online December 31st at 7:57PM:
http://ccitynews.net/news/story/2010/12/police-track-new-leads-search-missing-girl
An earlier story, posted December 29th at 7:07PM has this info: "Police have backtracked their steps since Dunn's disapperance, talking again with family members, friends and knocking on neighborhood doors. 'We're back where we started yesterday,' Bivins said. Dunn has been entered into the Region 5 broadcast system, which alerts surrounding counties and beyond." Again, here is the link to the full story:
http://ccitynews.net/news/story/2010/12/reports-missing-girls-death-unfounded
Unfortunately, I get an access denied message if I try to go back and look at the earlier postings. I do not subscribe to the paper, nor have I tried to sign up for an online account, if that is even possible without subscribing. Perhaps redcat is a subscriber, and can access the earlier stories. I do know that Thursday a group of citizens searched the local park, and perhaps some other areas, and then went door to door passing out flyers. And before the bloodhounds were brought in, LE did search around town and check abandoned houses, storm cellars, etc.
KVMC, the local radio station, is playing a plea for information fairly regularly.
I absolutely hate myspace, and never look there. I have no idea why the pages were taken down.
On the FB page that redcat started, the publisher of the newspaper posted "Visit coloradorecord.com for updated information. Website is updated every time the PD calls with info, which is 2 - 3 times a day". But the last update was December 31, 2010 - 7:57pm. Here is the FB link again:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Find-Hailey-Dunn/165260016852020
I know that Hailey's picture and info have gone out first regionally and then statewide to any agency with a Copsync system. I saw that another poster whose husband was with the Abilene PD have him call our PD and offer assistance, but got an answering machine. Did Chief Bivins return his call and take him up on the offer? The Texas Rangers know that Hailey is missing, but will they come in if local LE calls it a runaway? And at this point, if there is no evidence of anything, no one admits to knowing anything, and the searches have turned up a whole lot of nothing, then what else can be done at this point besides making sure it gets media attention (which, by the way, there needs to be more of)?
I am not faulting the LE agencies involved, really. I am sure they are doing everything in their power. I know that they have pulled some all-nighters. And I am sure that they are frustrated to have not discovered much of anything. This being such a small town, it effects everyone.... I am 100% sure that every single person involved in the investigation cares about getting Hailey home safely and that is truely their number one objective.
That said, IMHO only, I do not feel that it is right to continue to treat Hailey as a runaway simply because LE hasn't "found any evidence of foul play or abduction." By now it should be a moot point whether she was really going to her friend's house to spend the night or was planning something else because
Hailey is only 13, she has been missing for nearly a week, and there is no telling who or what she might have encountered since Monday. Just because there is no evidence of foul play does not mean that there was no foul play. To me, labeling Hailey a runaway just seems to downplay the seriousness of the situation.
Sorry for the rambling. I have two daughters myself, and I am just sick over this. All of the many people who love and care for Hailey are heartsick. Everyone has been affected by this, even people who don't know her. I can't even begin to imagine how Billie must be feeling. Not to downplay how much Hailey's dad, or brother, or the rest of her family loves her, but I think just about the worst thing in the world is for a mother to lose her child - even temporarily.
All week long, I have been trying to convince myself that Hailey is around here somewhere. Even though she is a good kid, I want to believe that she tried to pull a fast one on her mom and go do something that she wasn't supposed to, but wasn't able to get back home in time to get away with it. Worried about getting in trouble, she stayed away from home a while longer to try and think of an excuse. Saw or heard that the police had been called, and figured that she was going to be in a world of trouble when she went home, so she decided to go for broke and have a last hurrah on New Year's Eve before showing up to face the music. Since she has had ample time to get home from that little scenario that has been playing in my head, even my overactive imagination can't come up with anything else.
Wherever Hailey is, I pray that she is safe and secure, and that she is found sooner rather than later with not one hair on her head touched. And I pray that everyone who loves Hailey is able to cope and find some kind of peace until she is found, and not lose hope.
