It's hours away from midnight here but fireworks are already going off. I'm guessing Orange County law enforcement have the same New Year's eve to look forward to as LE in Europe - work, work and more work. I hope they - and all search and rescue workers - have a safe New Year, even if they can't be home celebrating. They are all much needed to find Bob, although of course I'd like them to stay safe for their own sakes too!
In London, England, it's the night male police officers have to get kissed, for some reason. I've no idea how that tradition developed, but normally reserved, quiet females suddenly make it their life ambition to go find and kiss an officer, particularly in Trafalger Square. I don't think they mind too much though, as I've never heard of an arrest yet.
Unless Bob has already been found somewhere and has just not been identified (and I do think that's a tiny possibility) then we are about to enter another year of him not being found. What surprises me is that criminals who have hidden the bodies of their victims often think the more time passes, the less likely it is their victim will be found.
That's never made sense to me. The longer someone's missing, the more new eyes and new ideas come to the case; more hikers will pass a burial spot in five years, than they will in five months; more forces of nature may work their magic, revealing that which is hidden. Nature isn't just a destructive force.
I'll be back at my midnight to wish everyone the best New Year they can have, with renewed hope and confidence that Bob will be found in 2014!
*Minusfour, I get an impression you may be nearer to the New Year than me - if so, Happy New Year.
