TX - Hailey Dunn, 13, Colorado City, 27 Dec 2010 - #6

[Adrienne37]

I don't think your average mother is going to call and check on a 13 year old several times during a sleep over. My daughter has had TONS and TONS of sleep overs and usually with many girls from the sports she is involved in ... and it's a rare case (if ever) that a mom even meets me let alone calls my house at all to check on their child.

I don't typically meet parents when she goes either (though I know most of the ones she goes to) but she does have a cell and stays in contact with me the entire time sending me silly texts and pictures of the girls doing their hair, or the latest scoop about a cute boy she likes, etc.

Then I guess I'm not your "average" parent because I sure as heck call and check with parents that my daughter is spending the night with because I want to know who my daughter is staying with, I want to tell them whether or not my daughter has an allergy to a particular food, and I want to let them know my contact information if an emergency occurs and yes my daughter also has a cell phone and I am going to call her several times while she's there to make sure everything is okay. I also don't allow children to spend the night at my house without having all the same information provided to me. I don't care if my daughter has stayed there a million times before, you can bet they will get a phone call from me each and every time and that will continue to be the case until she reaches adulthood.


~JMO~

 

[gibby207]

Part #5 is now viewable. In this segment, IIRC, is where Billie mumbles to Clint while Nancy is talking to him about seeing the house from his house. I turned the volume up on that part.

Are you yelling and talking to Misha? I love it when you do that...

But, I really don't feel anything hinky regarding Clint. He seems a lot like my husband: Clueless to the pressure going on around him, desperately missing his daughter, distraught, allowing Billie to take the lead (as women often do) when the going gets tough.

 

[SuperChicken]

I agree....and we also need to remember that we have only the word of SA that she ever planned to go there! We certainly should not condemn a family that may only be involved at all because it was the only friend's name that someone could remember when they made up their story.


JMO

I agree. That's what I was trying to say earlier Raeann. Just because SA said it was so doesn't make it so. He's the only one that has ever said that. NO ONE has ever corroborated it. Now that it's being investigated, HD never went there, has never spent the night there, and the mothers have never met. I would be in shock too. I agree with a previous poster that parents sometimes get complacent. We have a chance with our children if we learn from this. I hope HD's parents get that chance as well.

 

[Laddsy]

Could it be possible that he/they Googled "how to pass a polygraph test"? Maybe he said it was to help them sleep but had other intentions. Just thinking out loud here. There have been a couple of cases here recently where a male has hooked up with a single parent over the internet to get to the child. Unfortunately there are a lot of males out there that have obsessions with younger girls.

 

[amysmom]

I do not see why MB's mom would lie as to whether she even knows Billie or not; surely Billie could clarify. And do we know that Hailey ever said she was sleeping at MB's on other occassions or was this the first time at that house?

MB's supposed to be her "best friend" so it's logical to assume she'd sleep there before some where else..Now I have to wonder if Hailey ever lied about this before & if so why..I hate to even go there with this poor missing child but what other choice do I have? The mom said she'd often leave a note or tell DD or SA when she was sleeping over someone's house..But whose house is now the Q..None of this seems to fit with what we've been told about Hailey..Unless as another poster (?) suggested it was really at her dad's but why would that have to be kept secret?

 

[mahoneys07]

I have a 12 yr old girl and I will say she is always asking if people ca come stay all night..people I have neever met..me being me I prefer they stay here anyways so I almost always say yes.. I wanted to point out though she has had kid ride the bus home with her ect and NEVER once has a parent said I would like to meet you first, where do you live ect..most of the time they dont even have a number to reach me..I am much the oppisite I will admit I find out first names last names and I sleuth them :innocent: I look at court records and everything to see what if any kind of trouble they have been ect...I know to some this may seem overboard, but being exposed to all these cases..It's a chance I won't take.

In saying that I just think people aren't exposed enough to the real dangers that lurk waiting for oppertunities..and most think it will never happen to them.

BRING HAILEY HOME!!

 

[Dear Prudence]

I don't think your average mother is going to call and check on a 13 year old several times during a sleep over. My daughter has had TONS and TONS of sleep overs and usually with many girls from the sports she is involved in ... and it's a rare case (if ever) that a mom even meets me let alone calls my house at all to check on their child.

I don't typically meet parents when she goes either (though I know most of the ones she goes to) but she does have a cell and stays in contact with me the entire time sending me silly texts and pictures of the girls doing their hair, or the latest scoop about a cute boy she likes, etc.

I have a 13-yr. old daughter and if it's the first time for her to go over to a friend's home, let alone stay overnight, I do go to their home to meet the parents and check out the environment. And I do contact her several times, but she does have a cell phone so we text a lot too. I have been surprised several times by parents who have never met me and just dropped their daughter at my house.

 

[bellyup]

It is unusual around here. Us parents talk, talk about older siblings, about firearms in the home, pets that may not be used to squealing kids or strange kids wandering the house at night etc etc.. pretty much anything that could come up. I guess that is what I'm used to for parenting...

How old is your child(ren)?
For me I think it depends a lot on the child. I am a spaz with my 6 year old. He is the type that will find trouble even if he's not looking for it. I even ask about firearms and video games for play dates for him NOW and cannot imagine allowing a sleepover any time soon. But ... I know he is the type of kid that would do something he "isn't supposed to" and/or that he's easily swayed or pressured. My daughter (16) on the other hand ... I've never ever worried about. She has never been the type to do anything to get into trouble, in face she would run from it if need be, and she strongly resists pressure to cave on her morals.... so I trust her far more than I ever will my son.

 

[tfrohning]

Sorry! I was wrong about dad & you all were right!

I just watched Patty's clip of tonight's show & Billie did say (over Nancy talking) "I don't think you should".

I still think LE should want him to have a poly & explained why in a previous post.

I wouldn't take one either if they keep failing everyone:banghead:

 

[gibby207]

I used to be home sometimes 6 to 7 hours a day with 2 jobs and school. I wouldn't have been able to do it if my kids hadn't taken care of me. They cooked, cleaned, did the laundry, and even ironed for me. I've got the best kids in the world. IMHO

I'm the oldest daughter of divorced parents... living with my mom who was a surgical nurse, on call and worked a LOT to pay the bills in the house. I did make dinner for my younger sister, cleaned, did laundry, etc. It was just something that had to be done, and I don't regret the way I grew up (honestly I admire my mom for all she had to do to keep us healthy and happy). I grew up in a small town in Iowa and we did the same thing... village raising a child sorta thing. I don't recall how often my mom checked up on me or COULD. She was scrubbed in as a surgical nurse... and it was before cell phones and internet (oooh yeah, dates me). I don't mean any ill will toward Billie. My mom was her.

 

[WillenFan21]

Honestly this comes down to people who dont know WTF it is they are doing and it is frustrating to say the least. I am upset with what they did to Billie. I feel horrible for her that she is going through this right now. I don't think she did anything to Hailey. This case has been one big cluster eff from the beginning right from the LE on down to the person giving the poly tests.

It is obvious that the person who gave the poly tests doesn't know what they are doing. I mean to have that many failed polygraph test is a red flag to me that those tests need to be retaken. I am infuriated with whoever told Billie that her BF failed before she went in to take hers. I'm sorry but that was unprofessionally done right there and even everyone Nancy Grace was saying it to.

Billie needs to lawyer up and get someone who knows what they are doing to re-test so that she can be cleared. I hope Nancy Grace helps her out cause I truly believe that Nancy thinks Billie is innocent.

 

[KR2tonenow]

I have a 13-yr. old daughter and if it's the first time for her to go over to a friend's home, let alone stay overnight, I do go to their home to meet the parents and check out the environment. And I do contact her several times, but she does have a cell phone so we text a lot too. I have been surprised several times by parents who have never met me and just dropped their daughter at my house.

My son is 15 1/2 and I STILL check with the parents with an email and follow up text and phone call. You can never be sure. Doesn't matter, no city or state, if your child is a minor even as a legal guardian or parent, you should know where child is at all times. Not just take anyone's word, period.

 

[nursebeeme]

The problem now is that nobody will believe the results of any polygraph administered to anybody in the disappearance of Hailey .. this is to put it simply a very, very sad state of affairs that the investigating agencies are facing.

Wouldn't matter how many they give or who they line up nobody is going to believe them ... very sad.

at this point.. if we were really good sleuthers... we would say polygraph schmolygraph and eat it with the bite sized grain of salt that comes with it.

Let us once and for all put the ONUS BACK WHERE IT BELONGS IN INFORMING THE PUBLIC ON THESE THINGS AND THAT IS LAW ENFORCEMENT!!!!!




This is absolutely freaking nuts that a talk show host is grilling the mother of a missing child like this without ANY LE INFO... this is nuts.. absolutely DISGUSTING.
I pray as I go to bed tonight that someone from Law enforcement can step up and do what is right.. no matter who is the perp.. who is the suspect.. who is the person or persons of interest... just make a statement on Haliey's behalf and what you are doing and what the public can do to assist you.


sorry for the rant.. but this is just about the worst case of LE mismanagement I have EVER SEEN.

 

[peeples]

How old is your child(ren)?
For me I think it depends a lot on the child. I am a spaz with my 6 year old. He is the type that will find trouble even if he's not looking for it. I even ask about firearms and video games for play dates for him NOW and cannot imagine allowing a sleepover any time soon. But ... I know he is the type of kid that would do something he "isn't supposed to" and/or that he's easily swayed or pressured. My daughter (16) on the other hand ... I've never ever worried about. She has never been the type to do anything to get into trouble, in face she would run from it if need be, and she strongly resists pressure to cave on her morals.... so I trust her far more than I ever will my son.

oldest is almost 10 and they go down from there

 

[StrayKat]

Do you think the brother may have taken the test after SA as well?

 

[JenRen]

I will admit I find out first names last names and I sleuth them :innocent: I look at court records and everything to see what if any kind of trouble they have been ect...I know to some this may seem overboard, but being exposed to all these cases..It's a chance I won't take.

~rs&bbm~

I've been known to do this in the past too LOL. Not with parents that I have known since my kids were in first grade, but with NEW people around my children. I find their FB if they have one, court records, anything that might be out there. Call me paranoid, WS made me that way!

 

[gibby207]

I know, but it would sure be nice if NG put some pressure on it and got everyone thinking about it. She likes to stir the pot, it would be a good place to do so.....

It surrreee would!!! I think we need to set up the NG questions to tell you the truth... get to the real nitty gritty of stuff! We all should be NG staff! hahahaha :innocent:

 

[elepher50]

Billie Dunn and Clint Dunn you are to be commended for the continued work you are doing in finding your missing daughter. Godspeed in your search and may Hailey be found safe and sound.

A huge KUDOS to Lamar Trucking (hope have the name right) for the huge billboards with Hailey's missing poster on the I-20 - you also are to be commended for what you are doing!

May tomorrow bring some truth to bear on this case and may there be a new spokesperson for the investigating agencies, and may there be a good credible advocate step forward for Billie and Clint Dunn.

Bless and keep Hailey safe until she can be returned to her loved ones.

 

[Kimster]

Are any locals on tonight? I was wondering what areas are being searched, if there is a search going on, etc? I watch NG online and missed it tonight since it wasn't working. I'll be going to watch PattyG's uploads very soon. :gthanks:

 

[tfrohning]

Something Hiinky in Colorado City and I am not talking Hailey's family.

I keep hearing in my head "the night the light went out in Georgia"

A lot things has me go hmmm on Colorado City LE there. Sorry that I feel