TX - Hailey Dunn, 13, Colorado City, 27 Dec 2010 - #57

[belimom]

There was a sighting originally posted on bigcountryhomepage.com from a hairdresser who claims she saw Hailey between 10:30am and 1PM on the 27th of December.

http://bigcountryhomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=332696

Has anyone heard if LE considered that sighting to be verified or not? I never heard anything more about this sighting? Only that the little boy with her was too young to be considered a valid witness, but certainly the hairdresser who had known her most of her life is a valid witness. That would mean she was seen alive on the 27th at 1PM.

I think LE has stated that there have been no verified sitings of Hailey on Monday, 12/27. So I believe they are dismissing this siting as well. MOO

 

[Redbird]

Public opinion has so turned against her I wonder if it is safe for her to be out. Maybe that's why her brother is staying with her.

 

[salvarenga]

Public opinion has so turned against her I wonder if it is safe for her to be out. Maybe that's why her brother is staying with her.

Well, IMO, the one person that she should be afraid of most, she still is on "friendly" terms with.

 

[For The Kids]

Ya know...I commend CD for getting out and passing out flyers. There are 2 search teams, and as of right now, one is not fully cooperating with the other in regards to the areas they have already searched. I don't know why and I am not going to speculate on that either. I don't know why Billie hasn't gone to search in the fields, but I imagine she is not wanting to find a body, she is still holding on the the belief that Hailey is alive. And I can't blame her for that. Everyone handles everything differently.

Why cant she go out handing flyers like Clint does though?

 

[Asti]

Remember in the Peterson case the girlfriend was asked to keep the relationship going so it isn't unheard of for someone to be asked to continue to appear interested. We cannot know for a fact that hasn't happened here. Just saying!

I think it is important for the family to be appreciative of searchers to keep their interest in searching. It gets tiring to search with no results and it becomes even harder if you lose respect for the family.

 

[BeanE]

Nurse, thanks for sharing that about Tina Marie Harmon. I also grew up in a small town and I find that horrible that people would take sides when a child is missing to the point that it would affect whether they will search or not. There is no excuse for that kind of behavior.

Another thing to remember, though, is that Hailey has been missing for over a month now. Public interest, searchers, etc - is likely to die down. Folks have their own families to tend to on the weekends, especially after working all week, and knowing that Hailey is missing can really make people turn and appreciate their children/families more.

I'm also curious as to why the rumors have been blamed for keeping searchers away this weekend when the weather there seems to be so bad as well, with the snow, etc. It seems to me that the weather would be a huge factor.

Rumors may come into play here - I just don't know about that part. But I think there are many many reasons that the number of searchers may be dwindling.

JMHO

Here we are talking about this, and we don't even know if any rumors were spread, or if that's the reason people cited for not searching.

And actually, the news articles said that searchers were out, did they not?

Yep, right here!

Snow Doesn't Stop Hailey Dunn Seachers
A group of searchers, including Hailey Dunn's father, went out in the freezing weather on Thursday to look for her. They searched abandoned homes and barns and various areas of remote Mitchell County.

http://bigcountryhomepage.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=338476

Doesn't say a word about rumors keeping searchers away. Sounds like it's the weather that was brutal.

And really, there have been rumors and gossip all along. I mean, dear God, I've seen atrocious things about Clint, and he's so crystal clean, LE didn't even make him take a poly!

 

[TxLady2]

Ya know...I commend CD for getting out and passing out flyers. There are 2 search teams, and as of right now, one is not fully cooperating with the other in regards to the areas they have already searched. I don't know why and I am not going to speculate on that either. I don't know why Billie hasn't gone to search in the fields, but I imagine she is not wanting to find a body, she is still holding on the the belief that Hailey is alive. And I can't blame her for that. Everyone handles everything differently.

In most cases, LE does not approve of family members, especially parents, to search, because if they did find a body they could destroy important evidence. It's possible that they have advised her not to search. LE often advises not to, even though they can't legally stop them if they insist.

 

[Ellebelle]

I can't imagine why a father would neglect to noitfy police that his daughter was missing, especially when he knew that Hailey had not spent the night where her mother was told she was going. Add to that the fact that Clint says he was home all day Monday but Hailey did not come over, and you have a very suspicious situation. Why delay making that report? Clint has stated that he did not suspect she had run away and that Billie wouldn't hurt her, so the only option left would be that something very bad has happened and his child is missing or dead. Why did Clint wait for Billie to get a ride back to town? Why didn't he call 911 and have an officer waiting at the house?

What if Clint's suspicion that someone who is a relative or aquaintence from the past may have taken Hailey is correct, but police focus on SA instead? What if SA was hiding some kind of abuse of Hailey, but a person from the past took her?

Clint voiced his desire to see all of the motel tapes during the radio interview. I think that Clint would probably not voice that fear without good reason. He sounded genuinely concerned, to me.

I am concerned that SA does not seem to be a criminal mastermind, yet we have no crime scene, no witnesses, no discarded clothing determined to belong to Hailey or a perp. We have no body, and SA does not appear to have her in his posession. I don't like the guy at all, and I do believe he is capable of murder, but I am beginning to wonder if someone else beat him to it. I think that Clint and Billie wonder about that too, and they both agree that LE has not followed leads in a timely and thorough manner. ( This is a paraphrase of comments CD and BD have made on separate occassions.)

All of the above is MOO, based upon Clint and Naomi's blogradio interview, Billie's statements, and statements made by LE as reported in the MSM.

Sorry so late for the reply but just catching up.

I can imagine why someone, even a father, might wait to report his child missing. I mean c'mon. He knows BD better than I do. Does he think BD is prone to drama? I wonder why BD didn't call it in herself if she knew it were that important?? I mean why didn't she call 911 and have an officer waiting at the house? She is the one that knew all of where HD was supposed to be, didn't check on her and make sure all was okay the night before. She is the one that states the child was living with her.

I don't think SA is a criminal mastermind either. However he is looking very guilty from where I sit.

I can what if all day but I always come back to BD being the one who opened the door and let the creep in. I'm personally tired of all of the parents that invite these people in, and their kids being the one paying the ultimate price for it. :maddening:

JMO

 

[concernedmother]

Public opinion has so turned against her I wonder if it is safe for her to be out. Maybe that's why her brother is staying with her.

But when you are standing behind the #1 suspect I think thats to be expected. Guilty of anything or not people arent going to trust you. jmo

 

[BeanE]

I agree with your post but it is human nature to be motivated to search in cold horrible conditions when there is

A. a glimmer of hope of a happy ending

B. a sympathetic party who your efforts, though unlikely to bring home a living child, may bring and end to the anguish of not knowing.

Clint is filling that role now, but if the perception is that BD is at home on her new couch, possibly curled up on it with SA, taking in cash donations from the warmth of her living room.... the motivation to be away from your own family in the blistering cold for someone that doesn't seem to care that much and may have played a role in the body needing to be recovered, it is naive to me to think that doesn't effect your volunteer count.

With a possibility a child is alive in the fields and woods, I think they could be the child of Hitler himself and people would drop their own day to day life to search.

I think Caylee's case disproves that theory. People came out in droves, and many of us were there, physically or on virtually, watching what Casey and Cindy were doing.

 

[Asti]

You don't have to be a mastermind to get away with a murder, you just need the time to hide the body and know a great place

 

[Asti]

Wow that is a fact, few families were disliked more than the Anthony's and yet people continued to search and search.

 

[nannymo]

You don't have to be a mastermind to get away with a murder, you just need the time to hide the body and know a great place

I think you may have hit the nail on the head on this one!

 

[katydid23]

I'm curious how the uncle could know that SA watched these types of movies daily. Was he with SA every day?

Maybe DD or HD told him, as they were with him everyday.

 

[TxLady2]

Well, Clint is a very sympathetic character-- hopefully the searchers will bond with him to continue their efforts. Billie's a bit stoic, and that can be alienating, imo.

But that is just the point. It's not supposed to be about who likes Clint, or dislikes Billie. This is about HAILEY! This is about finding a 13 y.o. girl who has been missing for over a month.

 

[grandmaj]

It is great to see discussion back and forth. Let's everyone remember to respect others when voicing content. Thanks.

This post lands at random and does not refer to any one or group of posters.

 

[BeanE]

Well, IMO, the one person that she should be afraid of most, she still is on "friendly" terms with.

I don't know. I haven't seen any of the death threats or calls for violence, or the websites set up for that purpose, regarding Billie, such as I've seen against Terri Horman in Kyron's case.

Of course, I've no idea what the atmosphere is locally, in that specific town. Billie said some people had driven by shouting, but I haven't read/heard of any threats of violence against her locally.

 

[Quiche]

Take a look on the Facebook thread in the PL. Horrifying possibility, imo.

 

[katydid23]

In most cases, LE does not approve of family members, especially parents, to search, because if they did find a body they could destroy important evidence. It's possible that they have advised her not to search. LE often advises not to, even though they can't legally stop them if they insist.

Agreed. But as others have noted, it is quite possible that she could make sure flyers were passed out, put in important venues, visited the memorial bridge to thank the volunteers, serve them lunch...lots of ways to help that don't involve searching.

 

[concernedmother]

If I lived closer Id be searching. Just the fact she needs to be found and if she met with foul play I dont want her perp getting away with it. Id spend every bit of free time I could looking. She needs to be found NOW. If she is no longer alive evidence is being lost every day. That should be enough to motivate people to get out and search.