Recent content by BethInAK

yes. His parents are clearly very very concerned, but i think to the media and to the LEO that he seems like a rebellious teenaged runaway.

the family has been very forthcoming with information. Mason was found intoxicated in his home by his parents. My impression about what Dad stated on Nextdoor is that there are not a whole lot of friends. Mason was not hanging with friends as he doesn't seem to have friends. My impression...

they posted that they fixed his phone and would like to give it back to him.

According to a nextdoor post, Mason at some point mentioned he "knew someone in the valley" - and this is the origin of the thinking that someone is harboring Mason. The Mat Su valley is about 50 minutes North of Anchorage.

he absolutely does.

My impression is that his parents have ZERO clue where he is. There is no "group of friends" to investigate. They are hoping on an outside chance that he has been taken in by others, and not succumbed to the elements. Is it ok to repost posts from Dad on nextdoor?

I believe the alcohol was stolen from mom and dads cabinets. Not supplied by older friends. That appears to be implied.

I live within a mile of where Mason disappeared and his father posts regular updates on Nextdoor. Family is doing a great job of keeping Mason on people's minds. From things Dad has written, I believe Mason is a homebody gamer. He does not have a "group" that he hangs out with and if he does...

Sometimes you are backpacking with a group and one person smells much worse than other people - some people just reek worse. Except if there was an underlying health condition, it could be that too.

Any other programmer types look at that notebook and think its someone learning to code, but not a developer that wrote it?

This family has been reaching out via Nextdoor to try and gather footage from home security cameras to see if there is a clue where he may have gone.

I did not report it to the police. I never told anyone until I was an adult. I thought perhaps I was being silly and overreacting, but as an adult, I can clearly see I was not. At the urging of friends here i did once send an email to the state police cold cases group. Never heard back. I...

I believe it was springtime.

My friend lives in this town and when she first was telling me about the case my assumption was it was clearly someone they knew and they would catch the guy in five minutes. By now that is clearly not true. Because of the location being "not well travelled" (her word) it doesn't seem like a...

This sounds like a young man who takes risks. Maybe too many risks.