Thank you,
@Kismet7, for the video.
I hadn't seen it before and am struck by several statements by Kent, Jason's dad.
He tells us it will be
a wait of 18 months before the warrants are returned to allow the release of information from Jason's phone to show with whom he connected on Snapchat on the drive that night. As it was the last known contact from Jason, (at the intersection of Austin and Magnolia Streets) it could provide important information.
Jason's dad wants to know what was said as it could be vital for the investigation eg. did Jason say someone was approaching the car, or following him.
He wishes he'd had the code for Jason's phone so records of calls made could have immediately been known.
And he implores parents to have their children give a trusted person their phone codes for just such an emergency.
He wishes LE had processed the accident scene, had properly contained and catalogued the evidence found at the scene, and at the very least, cordoned off the area with police tape to prevent contamination by other footprints and scents so forensics could do their analyses.
He states "it was very cold and windy that night", and so there was an urgency to find the person who had had an accident and walked away, and he wishes better information had been gathered to track Jason.
He explains as the tow truck to remove the vehicle came from Luling, the driver would have passed by Jason's belongings on the road twice – on the way there and on the way back – unless somehow those items fell off the tow truck. (My thought on that possibility is it's doubtful Jason's dead beta fish would have been found inside the tumbler, as reported, were it to have fallen off the tow-truck.)
All of the above is spoken by Kent with touching grace and no laying of blame.
Kent also suggests if Jason dropped his phone, either during or after the Snapchat, he may have pulled over to look for it at the park by the intersection at Austin and Magnolia streets. He also wonders if Jason could have been carjacked there, and earlier he asks if something happened in Luling. He wonders if Jason was alone in the car.
It's all so horribly dismaying, made worse by the reported wait of 18 months to obtain information about Jason's last known cell phone communication.
Throughout the interview Kent speaks calmly and clearly, with his deep love for Jason and the sorrow he feels evident in his words and his facial expressions.
I'm deeply moved.
May the Great Spirit bring solace to Jason's loved ones, and guidance for the investigators, and those who seek to bring Jason home to his family.
had to hold myself back from using APA citations there)
