MissieMt
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Wow. As someone who has a missing family member, I'm speechless. So I'll just say that sometimes all a family has for help are the "armchair sleuths". And oftentimes when a case goes cold and LE moves on and friends/family have to get back to their "normal" lives....all you're left with is "armchair sleuths". The family may someday need help. Whether that be just bouncing a few ideas around, or with getting national attention (real attention, not that of some "journalist" who owns the newspaper he writes for), or with search organization, or whatever. So in my own experience, it's best not to burn those bridges. Perhaps the "journalist" could do some real investigative reporting and look into how many families forums like websleuths have helped? And the Doe Network....aren't they mostly made up of volunteer "armchair sleuths"? I could go on and on listing the ways "armchair sleuths" help on a daily basis, but I don't want to take away the "journalists" future writing opportunity. So again, I'll say from one person who has a missing family member to another....please, don't be so quick to judge and write people off. Especially those who want to care and help.
And on a side note, in my experience-Facebook is the lowest of the low when it comes to "armchair sleuthing". 9 times out of 10, all you're gonna end up with is drama, and sometimes worse. I had a serious nutjob on my sisters page, and it was not fun and it ended up taking LE's time away from my sisters case in order to track down the creep. He wasn't an armchair sleuth, he was a facebook user.
And on a side note, in my experience-Facebook is the lowest of the low when it comes to "armchair sleuthing". 9 times out of 10, all you're gonna end up with is drama, and sometimes worse. I had a serious nutjob on my sisters page, and it was not fun and it ended up taking LE's time away from my sisters case in order to track down the creep. He wasn't an armchair sleuth, he was a facebook user.