I echo this sentiment, completely. That is what is so maddening. He could be down the street locked in a room, or he could be dead tucked away in an alley somewhere. A psychic (and I do believe they're real) could shed light on an otherwise vast and darkened space.
I talked with Joey a couple times on Tinder last month - a great guy, sweet, intelligent and witty. My heart stopped the night I found out he went missing, and my thoughts were consumed for days by his disappearance - still are at times. Talking with him, and from what I've heard, he's more of a homebody; one night he was knitting an afghan while we talked. I doubt he's hooking up with people or getting into cars. There are just so many endless scenarios - where does one begin? It's all speculation. Meanwhile, he's out there, and we have no idea where. I too, refuse to let this be another Brian Schaffer case. But I can feel it going cold. The media has moved on, and I too, for my own sanity, try not to think about it as much. It engulfs me in darkness when I think of what he could be or was suffering through. But the idea that he needs rescued shakes me out of it.
As for the family, I don't think there's one way to act in this situation. I know just last week his mother was still walking the streets with flyers, asking people. Last Saturday she posted on Facebook a long and heart-wrenching plea to help find her son, and a few days ago, another flyer shared by a family member.
I will say, I don't understand the lack of community and CPD efforts. They performed one search. ONE. They should have searches every weekend. They should have dogs sniffing every damn crack in the pavement. And yes, the river and its edges should be scoured inch by inch. Because people don't just go away. They're taken or they're killed. Joey was a victim of one of those two things.
Now where. The F*ck. Is he.
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