my opinions only, no facts here:
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I repeat my question from a previous post- can any of the readers deduce a a reason why public searches seem to have been discontinued? My suggestion is non-sinister and practical, and has nothing to do with press leaks from searchers. I am just waiting for someone else to come up with my stupid idea before I will acknowldge it.
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These are not necessarily reasons to stop a public search in Holly's case, but reasons IMHO from other cases....
---there's evidence to suggest missing person is a runaway
---credible sightings of missing person
---missing person found safe
---suspect is unstable and LE is waiting for him/them to leave her alone where she's captive
---LE is negotiating a ransom
---already know who the perp is and are observing him 24/7
---LE has exhausted what they consider the boundaries of the search area
---found evidence to suggest she is no longer in TN
---found no evidence to suggest she ever actually entered the woods
---found her deceased but not revealing that to the public to see if the perp returns to check that spot (discussed already and so unlikely)
---helicopters, tracking dogs, sonar, and/or infrared yielded nothing
---missing person made a call saying her captor(s) ordered the search called off or she would be killed
---a second witness heard the missing person scream and LE was able to determine that it came from a road near the woods, not IN the woods.
---upon further questioning and more consideration, the original ear-witness to the scream realized it didn't come from the woods, just BY the woods, or that she was mistaken altogether.
---several neighbors were outside at the time and heard no scream.
---too risky for public safety to encourage them to search --- potential accidents.
---too risky for public safety for them to search, if LE is concerned about them coming upon the perp's hide-out
---untrained public searchers who are angry might be too aggressive if they encounter a suspect
---untrained searchers may not make sure they are getting enough sleep and might make mistakes that lead to injuries
---LE waiting for more information
---maybe the blood was neither the missing person's nor even human and LE believes the blood was some staging by someone
---with abducted person not dropping her purse, etc., and if the blood wasn't human, maybe they're re-evaluating the whole case
---LE knows exactly who did it and realizes a ground search makes no sense. (For example, In Australia, when police had a good idea of what had happened, they called the search off:
http://www.news.com.au/national/pol...-kiesha-abrahams/story-e6frfkvr-1225902635624)
Again, these are off-the-top of my head OPINIONS of reasons to call off a search. Hope I haven't offended ---- e.g., I KNOW (IMHO) in Holly's case it's ridiculous to even use the word "runaway".
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