I don't like the brother's storyline. Can I say exactly why? No. It's a feeling I have and have had all along. Can I explain it? No, it's hard to put into words.
IMO, the whole story has bothered me from the very beginning and I do know why I am bothered by it though. I have to summ up the reason the story is bothersome to me is due to the "lack of any real substance to help find her".
For me, it started bothering me right at the very beginning in that very first interview with the one parent and the Sheriff. I kept waiting for a plea to the abductor to let her go, and yet there was no direct plea to whoever supposedly had took her. I was really bothered by that because there was the chance to tell the perp to please let her go. After that, as time went on, I kept waiting for anyone to share some information to help find her, and it just got worse and worse for me from that point on.
When the description of the perp finally came out, I could not believe how incredibly "bland" it was. Person just happened to be dressed all in camo....Well, that didnt help much, did it. Then, as more + more interviews finally appeared around the JVM inerview time, we truly did get changing info or new info. The turkey + kneeling in garage first surfaced with the JVM interview. That was shocking to me because it was a bunch of new details that should have been released on day 1, and we are just hearing about that for the first time. Then, never again do we hear mention of kneeling in the garage again (EVER again).
I know a lot of people have blamed the media for the confusion, and I am sure there is some partial blame, but IMO, the main confusion and changing stories were because it WAS really changing by the new interviews + new statements we saw come out. We witnessed the height + weight changing, we heard of turkeys possibly being shown in the garage, we heard of guns being brought out to chase the guy, the kneeling in garage, etc. etc. This was all "NEW" information that was added well after the initial week of her disappearance. And some of it was changed, like the height + weight.
But with all these changes, there was never anything released that could really help anyone find her. There was never any real substance ever given.
That is what has really bothered me the most.
I think LE needs to release the 911 calls or at least a transcript to help out or release some other critical piece of information to help try to find her.
We always heard the excuse of "protect the investigation", and I am fine with that until it becomes obvious they aren't on a hot trail of the perp. I would consider a year old is pretty much long enough to think that some new information needs to be released by LE to help jar the case. LE needs to provide something to help them find her whereabouts.
Now, if LE already knows what happened, and are waiting for the right evidence, then they should maybe ask for some outside help because a year is way too long. Something has to change in their approach, or it will probably continue to stay stagnant IMO.
But anyway, I do know why I am bothered by it all. Sorry for the long response.