eileenhawkeye
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If she is guilty, she can't talk without risking her freedom. If she killed Kyron, anything she did after that would just be the actions of a child murderer trying to get away with a crime so if she talked or not--it wouldn't matter.
If she's innocent, she can't speak without risking her freedom and her chance at custody of her own child. If she is innocent, then whatever she told LE is likely true to the best of her knowledge and anything else she might say would not add to what LE knows about the case. If she is innocent, clearly Kaine, Desiree and likely LE officials do not believe she is innocent and so speaking would be stupid, just adding ammunition to the effort to convict her.
It's not like TH and her mouth are needed to keep the case in the media; Kyron's birth parents have been the most effective public advocates. Because TH is a suspect in the public's view (whether she is so named by LE or not), anything she would say would be suspect anyway. And personally, I still recall the creepy video of her clinging to Desiree at an early event and I'm glad I don't have to look at that again. For me. that was when I decided that she was "off," whether she
was guilty or not. While conventional wisdom is that publicity helps missing children and adult cases, there are sadly many missing people for whom publicity did nothing but help family and friends keep busy and keep hope alive--and if a suspect is involved in the PR effort, it just muddies the waters.
So I am glad TH is keepimg her trap shut.
Kaine and Desiree did an excellent job getting Kyron's case national media attention, but that spotlight faded months ago. The reason for that is nothing is really happening in Kyron's case and if a TV show was going to talk about the case, they would just have to reiterate everything that was already said. It would just be Kaine and Desiree pleading for Kyron's return, and talking about how they believe Terri is guilty. It would be the same old, same old. Now if Terri let the networks know that she was willing to give an interview, I believe many shows would be interested because it gives them a new angle to the Kyron story. Dateline might be reluctant to do another episode with Kaine and Desiree because they had done practically the same episode less than a year ago, but if Terri contacted them, they might consider it because they would able to market it differently.
The media attention for the Anthony case increased substantially when it went to trial, and that's probably because there is always something new to discuss. With unsolved cases, there isn't always going to be developments everyday, and unless the media is willing to make them up or just repeat the same thing over and over, the case is going to fade. In Natalee's case, her mother organized a boycott of Aruba, she flew to Peru to speak to Joran in jail, etc. She did things to keep Natalee's case in the spotlight because she knew that the media would get tired of just repeating "Natalee is missing" every night, so by giving them new developments, it kept Natalee's name, story, and face in the news.
I don't believe that Terri being willing to speak to the media is needed for the case to get national attention. However, the cases that get the most attention, and stay in the media for months and even years, are the ones where family members, friends, neighbors, co-workers, etc are all willing to speak out.
All of the factors that got Kyron's case attention back in the summer and fall aren't as sensational anymore. The MFH and sexting were very big when they came out, but with nothing being done as a result of them, they aren't as interesting. Kyron being kidnapped from the school was also what sparked the media's interest because it was very rare, but now that it's become obvious to many that Terri was involved, the school factor doesn't matter.
I do believe that Kyron's case is out of the national media because nothing is happening but there is a tiny part of me that wonders if perhaps this is one of those cases where the national media gives it plenty of attention and then just drops the case. Isn't that what happened in the Haleigh Cummings' case? I remember it got lots of attention when it happened, and I think it was because of the Florida connection with Caylee's case. But when was the last time that case was in the national spotlight? There are very few cases that get national attention, and even fewer that are able to keep that attention for years.