Wow, sad that we have again hit that level where we are spinning it back on the family. We really don't know what they are doing behind the scenes. We don't know if they have hired a PI, after all, the key word there is PRIVATE (or it should be anyways, publicizing a PI is often a bad idea). I honestly feel like they have been very honest about all of Bryce's extreme behavior, his drug encounters, both recent and past... Way more open than most parents are with us honestly. Sorry, but they are victims here too and it is hard for me to sit back and watch people go after the families of the missing, they don't need more pain than they are already feeling. MOO
I know your message/opinion is the highest moral thinking/road (can't think of another way to express what I mean - hope that does it).
The conflict I grapple with, for instance, is when a woman goes missing, a known fact is that LE begins their investigation with the person who they consider closest to her, usually her husband or significant other.
When a small child goes missing, the parents aren't given a pass just because they're the child's parents.
I believe LE scrutinizes them first but does their best to clear them quickly.
Therefore, on WS, when we're not able to ask questions (not to point fingers but to gain understanding of a situation), the rule feels disconnected with reality in some way.
I understand that WS got its start to help victims of crime, but all crimes aren't at the hand of strangers.
I'd like to take the high road too but sometimes I wonder about the reason some answers pose a problem or why they are being suppressed in the first place.
A hindrance to remaining committed to one cause, is not being acknowledged imo. If people actively reach out for help, is it too much to ask for open communication in return? I know this expectation can enter into areas that have to do with keeping the integrity of the investigation, so this request can get tricky.
At times one begins to wonder why they're sleuthing in the first place because it feels as if you are butting in or just being nosey.
Unless one can help with physical searches directly, or other concrete efforts, we're only providing something akin to a big think tank. What else can we do?
If we stop, the thread ends up on page two, then three, . . .
If there's no value to a case having exposure on WS (being on page one), we should move on to other cases. Everyone appreciates feeling valued.
Most people take up causes that affect them directly. For instance, usually when someone gets involved with breast cancer awareness, it is because they or their mom or sister have it theirself. There's few purely altruistic examples of people who have done great things to advance a cause when they haven't been affected personally by it themselves.
For these reasons, I believe we tend to wander into the area of invasive questioning and/or begin to feel as if we deserve answers to our questions.