IF you watch the video, the reporter says this is new picture, a just released picture. IT has not been around for months. A friend of the family states in the news clip that this picture was taken only a few days before she disappeared...and again says it's a newly found picture.
I tried to copy the pic and post it here but it says it is an invalid image file. Maybe some smarter WS'er will have better luck.
A new photo taken 1 week before Hailey disappeared has been discovered. She looks considerably older than the well-circulated cheerleader photo, imo, because her hair is styled and she appears to be wearing some make up. The local news station covered the story last night and showed the picture. They also interviewed Patricia T (the would-be grandma, Clint's girlfriend's mom). She says she's mad because they should have been using newer pictures on the flyers and now they've "wasted 7 months".
http://bigcountryhomepage.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=395907
Imo, Hailey looks more mature in the new photo, but she is still quite recognizable as the same person in the cheerleading photo. Also, we've seen pictures of Hailey sitting on the couch with Billie and Shawn a day or two before she went missing, and she is not wearing make-up and looks more like the cheerleading photo. So, I don't know if it makes much difference since we don't know if Hailey was styled or not when she disappeared.
P.s. I think using the cheerleading photo in the missing campaign made the story more marketable and may have helped Hailey get national exposure. Nancy Grace covered the story for almost a month straight with that photo and the intro line: "13 year old cheerleader missing from Colorado City"...
Just found this article about this 20 yr that was beat to death by her psychologist father! When I first saw her pic, I thought she looked a little like HD, and was surprised she was 20 years old. He has never said why.
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/07/28/father-charged-with-murder-in-daughters-beating/
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If she is out there she will allmost certainly be looking older, not younger. Also, if she is being sheltered by someone it is very likely that she would have altered her appearance, such as changing hair style/color and style of dress.
If people are looking for what she used to look like, I doubt they would find her.
IMO-that is not a 'new' photo of Hailey- it has been around for months, unless I have gone crazy, I know I have seen it numerous times..
me thinks PT, and the gang, are needing some attention ...again
found this poking around today-
"The Mitchell County Sheriff's office wants the community to know that they are searching and following leads, but cannot comment for fear of compromising the ongoing investigation."
snipped from
http://bigcountryhomepage.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=396237&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
interesting...hmm maybe there is more going on than I myself have been giving them credit for. ( just borne from frustration)
You're NOT crazy. Unless I am, too. I've seen the pic, too. When I first saw the hype about a new pic surfacing I let myself get way to ahead of myself, then saw the pic. I literally had both hand in my hair ready to rip it out by the handful, yelling to my husband how this was not new, but darned if I could remember where it popped up and the only reason I can think of I didn't have that picture to use for a flier I made for Hailey was I couldn't get permission to circulate it. As in when I saw the photo I couldn't save it.....otherwise I would have used it not giving a second thought. I have a couple of photos I have permission from the search center to use, I had to edit them, but one of them shows up unedited if you google images of Hailey.
The way I see it, and I stopped when I noticed someone else say they've seen this pic as well so I'm sure I'm repeating the general consensus on this whole 'new' thing, whatever keeps Hailey in the news. <3