I don't understand the thinking that LE would not have done a search of missing persons databases before taking the rare step of releasing a picture to the public.
Wouldn't that have been the *first* thing they did when trying to ID him?
I agree, they have more software and high tech ways of identifying people and images that I think we can even imagine. Also some were talking earlier of doing an age progression, LE/Homeland Security/ICE would have people to do those kind of things at their fingertips, and they did not release an age progression, they could have if it would have benefited. In any event, an age progression of 2 or so years I don't think would bring too much difference.
I am a little bit upset that all of my thoughts and opinions that I spent a lot of time thinking about and typing here earlier have disappeared from this forum forever, along with others who were talking about this for a few hours with me a while ago, but que sera sera,
I think some of the type of sleuthing like kids on missing forums, etc., that might still go on here since that earlier thread was deleted, without the full knowledge of what we really do know about the teen/boy in the photos and what was really going on in the video, might be a waste of time. I am still baffled by this whole thing, and why the 2 photos that were released to identify the teen/boy is all that was released.
Anyway, I hope all of the children/teens in this horrible situation are found and rescued pronto. Wonder if we will ever even hear if anything became of this from ICE/Homeland Security? some mentioned earlier to not be surprised if we never hear another word about this to protect the identify of those involved.
IMO, MOO, etc.