There's a new thread opened here on author Ann Rule, whose two middle-aged sons have just been charged with fraud in taking her money and, it seems, basically living off her for most of their lives. Luckily for her, a carer (She uses a wheelchair now) and a caring son-in-law reported their suspicions and a police investigation turned up enough evidence to bring charges.
I wish someone had done the same for Bob. His youngest daughter did make reports of elder abuse (financial) before he disappeared. We don't know what those investigations really revealed unless we take daughters' word for it, but we do know Bob was furious at the interference with who he chose to give his money to.
Daughters knowing exactly who he was giving money to - and how much ($15k) - doesn't add up at all with their media statements that they had no idea how much money he had, or what he was doing with it. Even though eldest daughter Paula helped with his accounts each month. Also, that small (considering Bob's wealth) gift and every cent that went to Fontelle, his new bride, has been well publicized in one way or another with the help of Bob's family members, I believe.
Aside from that though, a veil of silence has been drawn over Bob's fortune. Who's controlling it, who's spending it, who benefits most if he's dead - and how much is being used to help find Bob?
In a case where police said 'the details lie in the battle for the money', the details of Bob's money are very important. Perhaps it would help now if daughter Julia handed over every detail of Bob's financial accounts for, say, the past 30 or 40 years to the investigators where she made the elder abuse reports. Perhaps then they could get to the bottom of where any really large amounts had been going, and anyone who might have had financial reasons for wanting Bob Harrod to disappear.
The whole show was like a point counter-point. I think that is really significant.
