Anyway, I just caught up enough to see a lot of speculation over Kiirsi. While I understand where everyone is coming from, it does sadden me to see some feel she may have been involved. In my opinion, she is just doing the best she knows how to keep Susan's face out there. As someone mentioned above, LE may be guiding her on what to say and what not to say.
OKand3Js, it's great to have you on board! I hate to throw this at you right off the bat, but if you also happen to know Kiirsi and feel comfortable doing so, would you be willing to state your thoughts? It would be great to see some of the speculation about Kiirsi being involved in Susan's disappearance put to rest if it's way off base.
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tgrif@xmission.com My name is Tricia and I am the owner of Websleuths. I just need to ask you a couple of quick things off the forum.
I agree with JennaLee. I am interested in your thoughts on Kiirsi. From what I have been hearing from people in SLC is they are wondering about her. Not wondering if she is involved, not at all, but wondering about her in general.
I for one know how hard it is to try and organize info with the media so I empathize with her and understand how stressed she must be. Being stressed does not make for good TV interviews. I feel she is doing the best she can to help her friend.
Thanks,
Tricia
Wow. This is really frustrating. I just spent a while typing out a long response to your questions and I lost it, so I will attempt to do it again. Sigh.
Hello everyone and thank you for your warm welcome,
I am just going to address the questions you had for me regarding Kiirsi:
In response to your questions about Kiirsi and whether or not she may be involved. I can say that I know both she and her husband and Josh and Susan. I know Susan through Kiirsi basically. She was friends with Susan first. Then they introduced them to me and my family, and we have spent time hanging out with Josh and Susan on several different occasions. They also recommended Josh to us for a realtor a few years ago when we needed one. He was a good friend and not acting strange at that time, so they recommended him. So needless to say, he was our realtor. Anyway, my point is that I know Kiirsi and John and Susan and Josh.
Moving on...I know for a fact that Kiirsi is very commited to her husband and never once thought of Josh in that way or had feelings for him other than a friend. So the speculation that they were in on something together and had feelings for eachother is way off base. Not only that, but she would never ever hurt Susan. They are very close. I am friends with Susan but we were never close like Kiirsi and Susan are.
I also know that Kiirsi is not an anxious person and does not take medication for anxiety. She has been stressed and concerned over this whole sitation which is very normal and it has been hard for her but she is doing the best she knows how.
I don't think she is a fame seeker and I think all of this media stuff just sort of happened because she took on the responsibility of getting Susans name, face, and story out there because the one person who should have been doing it, JOSH, was not doing it.
Lets face it: Josh is not doing anything that a concerned spouse should or would be doing in this situation. If I were missing and my husband was not heading the search and doing everything in his power to look for me, I would hope and pray that my best friend would be doing something to help find me. I also know that Chuck Cox and family are appreciative of her efforts in helping with the media here in UT as they can't be in two places at once. So I for one, am grateful that she is doing it because the one person who should be is certainly not.
As far as the interviews go and how she appears in them...I remember seeing some of the earlier interviews and she was quite emotional in many of them, but after several interviews and having to do it time and time again, it can get quite repetitive I am sure and she has probably tried to just not think about all of the awfulness of this so she doesn't break down and cry every moment. She told me in that first week that the only way she is holding up is to just keep busy and not think about it or she won't be able to go on. She is worried sick for Susan as we all are.
Also, her theory about Susan being out of the state has been told to LE and they have asked her not to publicise it for fear that the wrong person may get tipped off and do something to seriously harm the investigation. The main goal here is to find Susan. Kiirsi has the hope that she is still alive as do I and many others. Until we find Susan and see the condition that she is in, we cannot give up hope that she could still be alive. Yes, it looks bad and the chances of her still being alive as each day passes grows more dim, but at least we can hope. That is possibly the one thing that is helping many of us go through each day. It doesn't hurt to hope.
These are all just my opinions and thoughts and any of you are free to disagree with me if you wish. I just hope that my insight on these things help some of you to better understand Kiirsi and the kind of person she is.
I hope I can be of any help to any of you regarding this case, so if you have any other questions for me, don't hesitate to ask.
