Regarding Mr. DeSpain, he was a reporter himself before taking this position, was he not?
In any case, if you (or anyone else) could answer this base question, without impacting the investigation, I would be grateful.
More than 5 days after anyone had contact with Kelly & more than 4 days of private LE investigation:
There's "no evidence of a crime at this point," DeSpain said. "No evidence of foul play." Still, he said, family members say Nolan was not the type of person to be out of contact for very long. "
There was nothing going on in her life to indicate she was going to take a trip or check out," he said.
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http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=199465&ntpid=1
"She would not not contact someone for this long ever," said April Nolan. "
I don't think I've gone more than 12 to 15 hours without talking to her over the past couple of months of her living here for the summer.
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http://www.channel3000.com/news/13592268/detail.html
So, to summarize at this point: LE needs our help, there is "no evidence" of foul play, it has been over 5 days...by all admissions from anyone & everyone who actually knew her, this is
totally and completely out of character...and a human being was somehow able to completely vanish from the face of the earth with
no reason to do so.
These base facts remained consistent throughout the search until the body was found, if you're able to look past all of the DUI/troubled girl pictures painted by the media (which I believe LE is capable of doing), yet
no red flags indicating foul play were ever raised publicly. Ever. Just it's a missing person's case until...oops, a body.
The urgency on LE's part of finding who did this suddenly is very clear...and I believe they will...Just as I believe with that same urgency, LE may not have had to.
In what circumstance is that acceptable? More to the point, must the "evidence" being referred to as necessary to suspect (and consequently create a sense of urgency that this girl needs to be found
NOW) foul play only be physical...explaining why police released images of the handbag...otherwise it will remain a simple missing person's case until
something is found to prove this wasn't A.S. part 2?
Quite frankly, if it wasn't for the efforts of the family & the public pushing forward, very little seemed to have been done on behalf of LE to bring attention to this case and the general perception by many was that LE didn't seem too excited about those efforts...especially any that related to National attention, or even outside of Madison, without "evidence".
Thanks for your input & I do realize you may not be able to answer some of this and do/will not take that as avoiding the issue. Again, like many, at the core I am just wishing more could've been done.