Don't mean to go off on a tangent, but I am not convinced at the value of rewards being offered but OIMO of course. I've often read that doing so (especially family rewards as opposed to LE rewards offered) can result in much irrelevant information being reported and isn't always reliable.
Was reading this old article regarding the subject, and an interesting quote from Suffolk's P & C Com. Tim Passmore is mentioned.
This case is a police investigation, and seems to me the police have gone above and beyond in their search, and what more can they do? Examining the incinerated waste seems the only step left it seems. Just trying to say I support SP in what they have done, though I do feel the agony of the parents that their son is still missing.
So many missing people are never found and it is such a hard reality to accept.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27763842
Do cash rewards actually help catch criminals?
Suffolk's Police and Crime Commissioner, Tim Passmore, said there could only be "very few occasions" when offering a reward was appropriate.
"It would be very sad if a system were to evolve where people expected to be paid for providing evidence," he added.
However, often the prospect of a cash reward will still not be enough to persuade someone to come forward and, even if does, it can present problems if the case comes to court.
"What the police don't want to do is to contaminate evidence and the integrity of the investigation," Mr Howe said.
"If the person who is providing the information is actually a witness in the case, then the defence will, quite rightly, suggest and put in mitigation, that the evidence has been tainted by the inducement of payment. That is a major consideration for any senior investigating officer."
