Happy weekend to all!
I've spent my Friday night reading the dueling Facebooks for Skylar & I think I figured out part of the family feud. Hopefully this won't be too confusing using initials:
As we have been talking about, there is a Twitter page (MB) that Skylar's mom talked about. One of MB's followers on Twitter is JS. JS's most recent tweet mentions JWS being part of the "pretty little liars" gang with Skylar's friends (presumably SE & SA).
JWS is related to Skylar's father & runs one of the "Team Skylar" Facebook pages. It seems JWS believes Skylar has run away and is in hiding (but is safe). JWS seems to believe that Skylar has run away because of some kind of issue with her parents. JWS also seems to imply that the parents are not being up front with police (which has been stated by L.E. in news reports).
The other Team Skylar Facebook page is run by Skylar's parents, & the general consensus over there is that Skylar has met with foul play and may not be alive. That Facebook page seems to blame the friends (who have also been accused of being less than truthful in news reports).
It looks like the dueling theories have caused a serious familial rift and there is a LOT of turmoil and negativity happening (including many threats to sue each other over slander).
JWS apparently works for the DOJ, and claims to be working closely with law enforcement. She says she will share what she knows with anyone who sends her a private message on Facebook (she refuses to post the information on the public page because it has not yet been released by LE). Her Facebook page has thousands of members (and countless others who follow without joining), and she says she has received many leads which she has given to LE. Has anyone spoken to JWS? Would anyone be willing to speak with her?
The MB & JS Twitter pages clearly side with the parents & blame the friends. Do we think these anonymous Twitter profiles are family or family friends? I assumed at first that they were created by kids to be cruel, but I'm no longer getting that feeling. The MB user, specifically, uses terrible slangy grammar typical of kids, but not in a consistent way. It looks like whoever is using that profile is intentionally attempting to sound young (or different from their natural "voice"), and occasionally reverts back to normal language.
Just some thoughts as I try to sift through the tar pit of Social Media (since main-stream media accounts of this case are slim-to-none).