George Makes Debut As Kidfinder's Spokesman

[whiteangora]

I haven't read or seen in a video that George arrived with donation jars. He did say that the family needed donations which they do. The dad isn't going to be able to work until he knows something about his little girl. They do need gro's, etc. I don't see anything wrong with asking for donations for a family whose child is missing. It would be better if someone set up an account at a bank though. Josh Duckett did the same thing and no one seemed upset about that. One account was for the cost of living expenses too.

When Duckett was associating with KFN nobody had taken a close look at them, now people have and what has been uncovered is disgusting. No one said "George arrived with donation jars", those most likely are in the Milstead's billboard trailer with their tent.
Where ever they have the tent, they will have the jars. WSers from the Orlando area visited the tent on more than one occasion and they were stuffed with large bills before Caylee's body was found.
This is all tax free, unaccounted income.
If KFN was to collect money for the Cummings family how much of it do you think they would actually recieve? not much.
I agree, they need to open their own account if they want donations and that way they will get every penny that was meant for them.

 

[Everly]

George seems to have an aversion to actual activity. He talks a good game. Sometimes. And sometimes too often. Repeating the phrase "I know that pain" over and over is not much help.

 

[LinasK]

I thought it was great when Kimberly Guilfoyle remarked that a huge difference is that these people (Haliegh's family) reported the child missing right away (not 31 days!) She wasn't tip-toeing around George's feelings. George's situation has no bearing and no resemblance to the Cumming's, and none of this is about "helping George to heal" FGS.

I LOVE IT WHEN SHE IS ON.....she never plays around...always right to the point...I sure hope GA heard this loud and clear.

F.Y.I.... Kimberly prosecuted the Dog Mauling murder case of Diane Whipple by the Presa Canarios here in San Francisco!:clap::clap::clap:

 

[whiteangora]

I agree. I worry that he might not know about Kidfinders' nefarious history and possible connections

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How could he not know? He would have to live in a cave!
He watches tv, reads the newspaper, is on the internet, talks to other people............how could he not know? Of course he knows!

 

[Everly]

When Duckett was associating with KFN nobody had taken a close look at them, now people have and what has been uncovered is disgusting.

I think Josh D may have gotten away with a lot because so much public attention was on the suicide and NG's role in that.

It is true that almost any family with a missing child needs some financial aid to get through the shocking time. I can't miss a weeks work without it causing big problems, so I don't expect most of these families can either. But you have to be very, very careful in what you do with that money and who you put in charge of it. KFN shouldn't be in charge of collecting money for the next morning's doughnuts. And George should not be spouting off about donations considering the public concerns about how his family may have made money from his granddaughter's case.

Appearance is everything.

 

[shotzie]

Since George is asking for donations thru Kidfinders, someone needs to block that website somehow..

I know when in our town something happens to someone that needs donations. They just start a savings account at a bank, then only one person can take it out and it isn't disbursed to any of these crooks..why can't Ron?..This is sad to take advantage of people that are suffering.

I don't see any other org out there begging for donations, that would just fill thier pockets..George needs to wake up and go home and stay there.

 

[diz39]

It is difficult to believe that George actually wants to "find missing children" when he just shows up, has lunch, lectures the media on camera, asks for donations, hugs and leaves.

It was like a visit from a politician.

You find missing children by looking for them.

He could have volunteered with TES, picked up a stick like the other searchers and walked through brush. That is looking.

:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

 

[MarleneM]

Since George is asking for donations thru Kidfinders, someone needs to block that website somehow..

I know when in our town something happens to someone that needs donations. They just start a savings account at a bank, then only one person can take it out and it isn't disbursed to any of these crooks..why can't Ron?..This is sad to take advantage of people that are suffering.

I don't see any other org out there begging for donations, that would just fill thier pockets..George needs to wake up and go home and stay there.

That's what I've seen over the years in many different states I've been in. A bank account is set up at a chain bank in the victim's family name and all one has to do is make a deposit to the named account.

As others have pointed out I don't get why KFN, or any other 'charity', is necessary to support a family searching for a missing child - unless they are actually going to don some boots, get in rank and help other volunteers find the child.

 

[mitzi]

BeanE, what a wonderful post! It neither whitewashes nor condemns George. I, too, think he means well, but I also think he has a weak character and poor judgment. Those two traits sabotage him at every turn, and they will also sabotage any future traumatized families who trust in his help.

I cannot, for the life of me, understand why GA doesn't realize that his poor public image will harm, not help, any victim's family who gets involved with him right now. And I also cannot, cannot fathom why he, a former police officer/detective, doesn't object to the criminal background and current accusations aimed at the unsavory founder of KFN (Sorry--can't remember the guy's name.)

What I am about to say contains no malice, but I've thought it often: If George hadn't qualified to be a police officer, I would truly believe he is simply a gullible man of below-average intelligence.

I wonder if the standing "O" George got at the memorial gave him the thought that the public was on his side and therefore, he felt he could offer help to other families. Kinda puffed up his ego. GA needs to work on himself before he can even begin helping others, if even then.

 

[mitzi]

I'm sure the local community can figure out how to donate just fine. As far as national donations, all the family has to do is put out the word to the major media covering this story and they would come pouring in -- BUT I doubt the family is even thinking about it at the moment. Who can think about money when your little girl is missing? Who can eat? Who can sleep? Does GA think Hailey's dad needs Target or Staples gift certificates or an unpaid personal assistant? WTH?

Cripes, this KFN/GA thing sure sets a whole new record for LOW.

Bold mine. In answer to your question (especially the money part)...GA!

ITA with your post.

 

[BuzzieCat]

Caylee was NEVER missing. That's the real strange thing in this whole saga. He never had a granddaughter that was missing. The child was deceased all along.

Only because we didn't have the answers, she was 'missing'. But the REAL result is - none of the A's know anything about missing children. They never experienced a child that 'suddenly' without any answer -- went missing!!!

I agree. Casey was giving them excuses for 31 days as to why they weren't seeing Caylee. The A's had to know from Casey's history that if Caylee wasn't showing up, it had something to do with Casey, not that some stranger grabbed her off the street or out of her bed.

It is difficult to believe that George actually wants to "find missing children" when he just shows up, has lunch, lectures the media on camera, asks for donations, hugs and leaves.

It was like a visit from a politician.

You find missing children by looking for them.

He could have volunteered with TES, picked up a stick like the other searchers and walked through brush. That is looking.

Amen to this. GA seems to like to drive a billboard around and sell T-shirts and not much else. Seems to me searching a la TES and getting the word out on the media and Internet would be of more use than GA driving a billboard around.

He likes to talk about walking around and "opening doors" to find missing children but not actually do any of that. I still fail to see what kind of support he could offer another family, even just moral support since he's still in a place of needing moral support of his own.

 

[costalpilot]

There are no experts on child abduction or child murder who reach out to others. There are no classes to tell a person how they should feel or think or how to handle the horrible pain they are in. We learn by trial and error as we are thrown in head first without knowing it is coming. That is why one person
can help another person who is going through the same thing that they have been through. It is knowing that you both have been in the same shoes and can understand how each other is feeling that counts.

Caylee was missing so George does fit the bill here. He also lost her to murder.

But it doesn't work if he attempts to instruct them how they should act relative to LE...not at all>

 

[iamkimba]

I am sick to death of George talking about the "exclusive club" they now belong to.
It is not an exclusive club. It is a tragic group of people who lost their loved ones to crime.
I remember back to one of the jailhouse convos, where he was talking to Casey and telling her that KFN was offering Lee a job because of how organized he was or something. IIRC- George was saying about the "opportunities" that were coming because of Caylee's disappearance.At this time he talked to KC about how they all now belonged to this "exclusive club"
I found it creepy then, and I find it incredibly creepy now.
Incredibly inappropriate choice of words IMHO.

 

[Blackwatch]

I am sick to death of George talking about the "exclusive club" they now belong to.
It is not an exclusive club. It is a tragic group of people who lost their loved ones to crime.
I remember back to one of the jailhouse convos, where he was talking to Casey and telling her that KFN was offering Lee a job because of how organized he was or something. IIRC- George was saying about the "opportunities" that were coming because of Caylee's disappearance.At this time he talked to KC about how they all now belonged to this "exclusive club"
I found it creepy then, and I find it incredibly creepy now.
Incredibly inappropriate choice of words IMHO.

The "exclusive club" nobody wants to be in, except GA & co?

My opinion only

 

[bailee]

I found George to be completely repugnant when he showed up spouting the glory of KFN.
Did George actual grab a stick and wack through some brush? No he did a pressor and then had lunch.
Seems to me that from the get go Haleigh's school and neighbours showed up with food for family and searchers, George can learn from this community about giving. He just doesn't get it.
IMO

 

[Sammiejam]

I am sick to death of George talking about the "exclusive club" they now belong to.
It is not an exclusive club. It is a tragic group of people who lost their loved ones to crime.
I remember back to one of the jailhouse convos, where he was talking to Casey and telling her that KFN was offering Lee a job because of how organized he was or something. IIRC- George was saying about the "opportunities" that were coming because of Caylee's disappearance.At this time he talked to KC about how they all now belonged to this "exclusive club"
I found it creepy then, and I find it incredibly creepy now.
Incredibly inappropriate choice of words IMHO.

ITA. Same thing when he was telling the perp that she was the CEO of a huge conglomerate and that everyone that was trying to find Caylee were her employees. :furious:

 

[Everly]

I am sick to death of George talking about the "exclusive club" they now belong to.
It is not an exclusive club. It is a tragic group of people who lost their loved ones to crime.

He called it a "unique club" and George is not the first person to use that phrase when talking about the families of murder victims. I have heard it applied to Sharon Rocha, John Walsh and on and on, sadly. However, George did seem to take ... well, I am not sure how to put it, because I don't think "pride" is the right word. Perhaps it was more that George was happy to think he belonged somewhere and had some standing.

But he does not, in this case and IMO. He and the rest of the Anthonys are carrying too much baggage of their own. It's senseless to try to carry someone else's.

 

[Capri]

It is difficult to believe that George actually wants to "find missing children" when he just shows up, has lunch, lectures the media on camera, asks for donations, hugs and leaves.

It was like a visit from a politician.

You find missing children by looking for them.

He could have volunteered with TES, picked up a stick like the other searchers and walked through brush. That is looking.

Totally agreed. GA would do well to have kept quiet, and just searched with the others. IMHO, that would give him much more credibility.

 

[Elphaba]

Given the situation that George has been in with the suicide attempt, would Tim have even let George get out there to search for what possibly could be a deceased child? That would be HARD on George's psyche, in my opinion, again so soon.

George's place is not in the middle of another case... not when he needs to work on himself first.

 

[Mendara]

I think George needs to be reminded that he is not the grandfather of a child who was kidnapped and then found dead. he is the father of a murderer who killed his granddaughter.

There is a huge difference between a family who had a child taken by a stranger and those who kill their own children.

IMHO

He could never understand what it is to have a stranger take your child and never know what happened to them.