Okay, I have to confess that I've been "lurking" (as I've seen it put by a few others) for quite a while now. I joined specifically because of this particular case, and I can't seem to get it off my mind.
I've been reading about this case from the very first #1 thread on here, and there are just a few things I wanted to interject at this time, if I may.
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My nephew was going to College in Tyler Texas this year, and one night when he was feeling very depressed, he got really drunk and drove his car into a tree near the bottom of a creek bed. He woke up the next morning, in about 8 inches of water, with a cut on his arm, and no memory of how he got there the night before. In his case, nobody found him or his car, but instead he walked for about 3 miles out of a forest until he found the highway (from there he hitched a ride back to campus). I am beyond grateful that he is still alive and well, and fortunately for him, he is currently in a rehab hospital for his drinking (as well as his ongoing depression).
I cry every night when I realize how this so easily could have gone a different way, and my family could instead be wondering how he is and where he is for so many weeks now. To Dragracerz, I pray that your nephew Bryce is found alive and well (and with some sort of crazy "college" explanation as to what happened to him and how he got into such a mixed up situation in the first place).
I know a lot of people are starting to doubt that this will end well, but I will continue to keep the faith and pray for his safe return until we have all the facts, and know for certain that there isn't some bizarre circumstance that has kept him from being able to come forward before now.
If this were my nephew (and God knows it most certainly could have been), I would have to stay positive, at least until you have concrete evidence showing that you have to think otherwise.
I hope I'm not in trouble for simply stating how I feel and sharing about what happened to my own nephew this year, instead of surmising about the facts and the potential end result of this case? But I just had to say something to get it off my chest. In my next post I will try to stick with talking about the evidence and any potential theories of what may or may not have transpired in this frustrating, and still very bizarre missing person's case.
Thank you for letting me share . . . .