I’m local and have been following all the appeals and what little information surrounding his dissapearence that was released.
Scottish police never release much info when appealing. Obviously releasing information relating to text messages or browser searches would give joe public more insight into his state of mind but if they do find him alive (I really hope they do) then his private information is now in public domain and you can’t get of that or potential stigma they may encounter etc
I also think they would withhold mental health issues as it may not generate such a public interest or as much assistance.
Young boy 16 disappears mysteriously
Or
Teen suffering depression disappears
People automatically would assume the likely outcome of the teen suffering with MH issues would be suicide and there would be less social media shares and buzz, wouldn’t be as many people volunteering to search for them if the chances are they are deceased, people cling to hope and a positive outcome.
I would offer to search without thinking hoping we’d find him alive but maybe fell and broke a leg etc etc
I’m not sure I physically could knowing there was a High chance I was looking for a person who’d already passed. It would be too traumatic for myself if I did and that’s based on myself being selfish.
I am really surprised that it is clear the police have fixated on the Crathes estate and only searching there when the same time Liam went missing a dog went missing in the Crathes estate named Honey and there was people in and around there (with dogs) searching for her and volunteers searching for the pup, and no one came across him? If Liam did take his own life I think with the heavier foot traffic searching for Honey someone or a dog may of discovered him and that’s why I still have hope that he didn’t go that route and maybe was meeting someone at a destination to ‘dissapear’
The dog was found alive stuck down a rabbit hole 2 weeks later she was scared and lost to begin with and people heard her running around barking and at night.
There was a lot of people looking for the dog and I realise it’s a big estate but dogs are very capable of smelling certain things so I don’t think he is there (hoping for a happy ending )
