FWIW, I spoke yesterday afternoon with a producer of one of the local Austin area news stations. He was friendly and we spoke briefly about our mutual acquaintance. He seemed genuinely curious about why I had reached out to his station, especially as I'm from out of state. Here is the part I feel odd about posting as I don't know what (if anything) it means: As soon as we started conversing about this news story, our conversation hit the proverbial brick wall and to me, it appeared that he couldn't end the call soon enough. Cagey is the only term that comes to mind. I am sure he's a very busy guy and might very well have just been put off by the fact I was taking up his time, while not having anything in terms of information to offer him. He thanked me for my interest again and that was it. Awkward! Sorry, but I don't think I was of any help!!