I believe that in cases like this, where a child from an undeniably abusive homelife is reported "missing" that opinions have aleady formed. It is difficult to ask people to search, because I think the majority of people who have read all they can about Jhessye don't believe she just disappeared. If she had missed a week and a half of school prior to her reported missing date, that could put her witness verification date back to September. A trail already gone cold, an all too familiar story of a girl missing from a home with an abusive parent. The mother had spent time in jail for beating her children with belts and cords, punching them with fists, leaving scars. The boyfriend she hooked up with also joined in and dealt out blows. It makes it so difficult to believe that if you search the right place you will find this girl still alive. When horrific abuse is part of the environment, it dims the chances of a happy ending to an already sad, outrageous situation. One can put up posters depicting a bright, happy, pretty little girl, a real cutie pie. But looking beyond that poster lies possible scenes of horror. I believe something happened that was too hard to cover up, therefore the cover-up entails covering up a crime scene, and a small lifeless body.
I think of this little girl often, and hope that by some miracle she is found, alive and unharmed - but my head is telling me it is too late, was too late from day one of a missing child report.
IMHO
