the problem I have with the spending the reward money is that the next time someone is missing, or a reward fund is set up, that people may be hesitant to do so.
people were assured all along that JK would do the right thing and donate the money. It appears he did. he donated cash to a dealer for the truck. It is known because someone who sold the vehicle stated it was a cash deal.
IMO, this all speaks to his character, not his grieving process. I don't think any slack should be cut for actions like DWI, threating with a gun, spending 'reward" money. These aren't actions based on a person grieving acting irrationally / "unlike" themselves, rather these are actions of someone who has a lifetime of poor choices. Actions like these IMO aren't out of character for JK, rather they are the character of JK, prior to and after the IK incident. Using the money donated for a reward fund in good faith, by a caring community to buy oneself a new truck, remodel the home et al, is disengenious and dishonest.
rather than using the money for a scholarship, a victims fund, a missing persons fund, a communtiy outreach program, donation et al, it was spent on a material object for self gratification.
IMO there are no excuses to be made or with any merit for this man.
hopefully, there isn't a next time, but there will be, hopefully someone will set up a proper fund, where people will know where the donations are going to, and where the donations will end up upon conclusion.
