Maybe someone with more specifics can chime in here but as far as I understand it even though Blaze is technically an adult due to his age and the circumstances surrounding his disappearance LE will still investigate it as if he is a minor child. In fact, LE has already stated that they have 6 homicide detectives still combing through evidence.
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I'd also like to comment on the criticisms being lobbed at Blaze's parents about their behaviors, pictures, etc. We can all sit here and say what we THINK we would do in a situation like this and how we would act but the fact of the matter is this: we don't know what our reactions would be. Different people process and handle things differently. When my brother was murdered my parents kept up a very strong facade when they faced the public, they even maintained their composure around me and my surviving brothers. Privately however, they let their emotions loose. They yelled and screamed and cried. I didn't know they did that until years later when I was an adult and I was speaking to my mother about that dark time and she told me how her and dad felt they needed to show strength not only to us kids but to the larger community. Ultimately how they chose to handle that entire situation was informed by their own upbringing where they were taught that you don't wear your emotions on your sleeve, you don't let other people know what you're thinking or feeling, you show confidence and control when facing adversity but let your guard down when in private, among the people who matter, your family.
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