LE is the one who searches for a missing person,mistrust of those who have no goal but to find a child?It's about the child and the parent should do everything asked,whether they want to or not.LE didn't lose the child,they're spending thousands looking for her.All they ask is honesty from friends and family,they are not the enemy and why would they want to set up anyone?Any parent of a missing child will be exhausted can't eat or sleep,but part of the process if having to go through the questions.
I have to wonder, it seems reactions here are very different than in most cases when polys are failed or shown to be deceptive and LE suggests parents aren't telling the whole truth.
Apart from my twilight zone reason for turning off and keeping the only way for HD to reach her mom (and that was said as the only possible reason i could see not that i think it is the reason) LE is rarely the enemy in a missing persons case even if they get tunnel vision.
I can question them, think they are way off the right track but I don't wholesale believe they are deliberately targeting people out of malice.
I am one of those who are most skeptical of LE, polygraphs and believe tunnel vision is a huge problem, it is really strange to see so many "agreeing" with my normal pov. Normally people are all over the parents lol.
There are many reasons people lie in cases including missing persons cases that have nothing to do with the crime. A deceptive poly can be because they asked if you had ever committed a crime and you say no but had shoplifted while younger or had a sealed juvenile record. Doesn't make the person a bad person or involved in their childs disappearance.
One thing in every single case is lies from those close to the missing person. To make themselves look better, or because they are afraid, or to cover for someone else since they "know" they can't be involved but they dont have an alibi. etc.
My biggest problem with LE right now is they aren't being skeptical enough. They have given dad a free pass essentially, no poly and his girl friend, they aren't questioning foul play but sticking to runaway and more.