I am several threads behind.... going to go back and read through them, but I wanted to go ahead and post this.
Billie will be holding a press conference early next week. I have started contacting the media to let them know. We have talked about this for a while now, and just decided last night to go ahead with it. I have no idea what I am doing..... if anyone wants to throw me a bone on what all I should do, tia. Billie is asking PK and Clint to see if they would like to be there and make a statement.
Billie is going to make a detailed statement. She has withheld nothing from LE, and is still in frequent contact with them. However, especially in print articles, many things Billie has said have been taken somewhat out of context. We talked about it, and decided that the best way to let everyone know exactly what has happened, and what she knows, is for her to start at the beginning and go from there. Keep in mind that LE already knows everything that she does, and she will not be telling them anything new.
My reason for encouraging Billie to do the press conference is so that everyone can hear everything from her at once, not in bits and pieces which seems to just bring about more confusion. I (and this is just me and MOO) feel like lots of people think that Billie is not telling what she knows and think that she is hiding something - and this in turn is causing people to give up hope that Hailey is alive and make them less inclined to keep an eye out for her. Whether I am right or wrong about this, Hailey will still get media coverage, which she desperately needs, and hopefully some of the confusion surrounding the events leading up to her disappearance will be put to rest.
I am putting this out here for two reasons. One is because several people have told me that media reads here. I know that I can't contact everyone, and I am hoping that if someone is interested in covering this, they will contact me for details. Or that some of you know someone in the media who would be willing to come. The other reason is because I know many of you have very valid questions that you truly feel would help find Hailey if you had the answers. I have written quite a few down as I come to them, but not all of them.
The bulk of her statement is going to be about what happened on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday... a timeline of sorts about everything that happened and why. We are trying to include everything so that she can get it out and be done with it once and for all. Then everyone can focus on finding Hailey and not be wondering about what Billie might be hiding or withholding.
So, any advice on how to proceed? Or something that really needs to be addressed that I might not have thought about? Again, tia.
