Hi Steel54,
Thank you so much for joining us and taking the time to answer all of our questions. I, too, want PaPaw found and brought back to his family NOW. And if the person(s) responsible for his disappearance thinks we are going to give up or go away, they couldn't be more wrong.
So, my questions:
1. It has been said one of PaPaw's and BC's sons accompanied her to her probate lawyer's office to discuss obtaining a death certificate, letters of testementary, etc. Is this your understanding as well, and if so, is the son -to the best of your knowledge- supportive of BC's decision to have PaPaw declared deceased? SLC has already said -to paraphrase- she was never supportive of this decision, and I don't believe CH is, either; I am just curious as to whether there is anyone within the family who understands and/or agrees with BC's decision at this point.
2. Are you aware of any financial difficulties PaPaw and BC might have been experiencing prior to his disappearance? I am not quite convinced of the supposed loss of income on the part of BC:
1) At first, it was explained BC decided to have PaPaw declared deceased because a certain DROP-related form -that required PaPaw's signature- had not been returned to the pension board in time, due to which payments would become semi-annual.
2) According to the information found on the pension board's website, we found out that in fact a request had to be made for the DROP payments to change to semi-annual from monthly, contradicting the explanation BC had given our VI.
3) In one of her most recent posts, our VI said the payments had actually gone semi-annual (but BC wanted them to go back to month-to-month), which indicates to me that after all, the distribution form had been mailed back with PaPaw's signature on it. This, too, is in direct conflict with what BC initially told our VI, IMO.
Thanks again, and yes, please be careful!