Wyle_E_Coyote
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Ah actually - I thought that when I first read it too, but if you look back it actually says:
"On 12/30/2017 at approximately 9:20 p.m., the Charlottesville Police Department received a report of a missing female. The reporting party advised that Molly Meghan Miller was last seen on 12/29/2017 at approximately 8:30 p.m. when she left her residence in the 900 block of King St."
So by that, she wasn't reported missing until a little over 24 hours later. Which...also is strange to me; if I went on a walk at 8:30 at night, my spouse would be panicking by 10:00 and be out looking - he surely would not go to bed without reporting it. HOWEVER: I am not an expert but seem to remember hearing something about how in some places you can't report an adult as a missing person until 24 hours have passed - does anyone know if that's true? If so, that would explain the lag I guess.
Another (pretty obvious, and only partial) explanation, assuming the fiancé's story is true, would be that they had a fight and she stormed out. That would explain why she didn't bring her purse, keys, jacket(!), etc - although tbh I still think it's pretty weird she didn't bring her phone...I am also a young 30s woman and it's fair to say that none of my friends would go on a walk at night (or ever, really!) without bringing their phone. Unless it was a spur of the moment impromptu walk and my phone was dead (pretty unlikely), I would definitely throw it in my sweatshirt pocket. And if I'd just had a fight with my SO I wouldn't leave it there with him, I'd want to be able to text / vent to friends, etc. But anyways - perhaps they had a fight and she stormed out, and he assumed she was with friends / intentionally not coming home, so he didn't get too worried initially. Even then, 24 hours would be a long time though.
I've definitely known couples who get in dramatic fights and give each other the extended silent treatment regularly...they thrive on the drama and whatnot. IMO, purely based on a brief FB stalking, I don't get that impression from Molly and her fiancé. But who knows! That's just conjecture. As is over half of my post, of course. I will note that multiple people have posted supportive "thinking of you" type messages on his Facebook, so (the conjecture continues) it doesn't seem like a situation where her family/friends have never liked him or have jumped to suspecting him.
The 24 or 48 hour waiting period for missing people is a myth, but unfortunately some people still believe it and wait to report.
That could explain the timing, since it was pretty much exactly 24 hours. That explains why we're just hearing about her now.
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