Lindsay Lou Who
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It's not at all that I think the police are above errors, just that there's this constant narrative that the police never investigated X, which seems to have come originally from HC, to the extent that it landed him in court, and which, as far as I can see, doesn't really bear scrutiny. The police have said repeatedly that they talked to him multiple times and that he cooperated fully.
Likewise, people say again and again that the police didn't do enough searches or look at enough CCTV, but - unless you think they're outright lying about what was done - the facts just don't agree. The police actually looked at over 1200 hours of CCTV (according to the link below - I've seen 1500 quoted previously). That's one officer doing nothing but reviewing CCTV images every working hour of every working day for eight months (not that that's probably how it was done). They knocked up 4000 households and did 400 full-scale searches, including using specialist search teams. That's not nothing. That's a lot of work and a lot of budget. Would they really spend all that time and money searching for her - but then not bother investigating the one person her family insisted knew more about her disappearance than anyone? I don't think so. It doesn't make sense.
Leah Croucher: 'No lead' in 'bewildering' 2019 disappearance
I do agree with you that it seems Leah was being secretive about something. If I were a betting person, my guess would be on a concealed pregnancy. It's been said that she became moody and secretive around the autumn of 2018, and that she didn't maintain her TKD training schedule over that winter, supposedly because of a foot injury, although she walked to work and back every day. By February 2019, she would have been approaching 20 weeks. As a fit young woman in her first pregnancy, she still wouldn't really be showing by then, but it wouldn't be long, particularly with a family holiday imminent. She is always described as petite, fit and slim, but the photos from around the time of her disappearance show that actually she was carrying some extra weight and her face looks quite puffy. So my guess - and it's only a guess - is that her disappearance was connected to a decision precipitated by a pregnancy she finally had to face up to after months of hiding it. Whether we'd then be talking about a voluntary disappearance or a self-harm scenario, I am less sure, but I tend to think she would have been found by now if she had killed herself.
I'm going to add some pictures just to show the contrast in her appearance:
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JMO and pure speculation.
(ETA: Pic copyright the Croucher family, except the CCTV which is TVP.)
Totally agree with you regarding the amount of hours put into checking the CCTV, lots of work and effort.
However for me the sticking point is still the disparity between X's version of their relationship and Leah's. Only one of them is telling the truth. I would be interested to know what his alibi is and if his family or a close friend has given it to him and if it checks out, for instance if he was out were there independent witnesses or CCTV and was this even checked?
Of course the Croucher's strongly believe Leah's version of their relationship which brings us to having the police believe one thing and the Croucher's another. In that position I would hand on my heart believe my daughter's version of events.
I know alot of people agree on a pregnancy but I don't think there was.
To me her photos are just different angles and different times in her life, most peoples weight fluctuates by a few pounds.
MOO