Nobody knew where Misty and Dan were (except Tammy). The FBI was obviously following them, and watching them closely, because they busted in on them at the hotel. But until it became public that there was an FBI raid on their hotel room -- nobody knew they were there.
Heather and Drew's location was undisclosed to the public/media, but I can almost guarantee that LE knew exactly where they were. We have dozens of statements from LE saying how cooperative those 2 were.
Misty and Dan on the other hand, lawyered up and stopped cooperating after the FBI raid on their hotel room. We have dozens of media articles quoting police saying how UNCOOPERATIVE Misty and Dan were.
Again -- I don't trust any of the 4 of them at all. But I just want to make sure we are accurately recalling what happened.
1. No one knew where they were? Tammy knew where both Misty and Dan were as well as where Heather and Drew were. As I'm sure Wylma knew where they were too. I don't doubt that LE knew exactly where BOTH sets of parents were, that would be quite questionable if they didn't, especially if any information (such as they were found) would need to be relayed.
Whether LE chose to "follow" Dan and Misty or if something came up that caused LE barge in on them, I PERSONALLY feel that they were putting the heat on what seemed to be a likely source of information - given their pasts. I don't blame them from lawyering up. They felt they were being wrongly accused and once LE agreed to back off Smock stated they were ALL cooperating.
2. Can you link to me where it is stated by LE that Drew and Heather were being cooperative? Just one link is fine...not the dozens you mention.
I agree with you - none of their behavior is necessarily "stellar" - but I am simply trying to gauge and comment on their behavior in relation to how I would expect a parent to act in this situation...not point fingers at guilt.
I am with you - I'd be beating down the doors of every house, in the face of media doing interviews, posters, on foot, standing on the steps of the police station or command center every day. I saw Misty and Dan, Wylma, and yes even Tammy behaving as desperate family members would.
I can't even remotely relate to Heather or Drews behavior. No on foot searches, no media interviews until WELL into the week following their disappearance. No real solid timeline from the mouths of either one of them. Doing interviews a week later claiming I've forgiven whoever did this, and praying for them...and by the way I don't want to know who you are or what you did.
You said you assumed that the reason they didn't do interviews with the media is because LE asked them not to and Misty and Dan did it anyway. That's your fair assumption. My assumption is that they didn't because they were better off NOT to be on the record of their version of the story.
Misty couldn't have been out searching - she was at work. She didn't know anything about the girls missing until Wylma called and told her, so I see no reason to fault her for that.
Heather didn't worry about it when she got home even after Wylma and Heather's son had already been out looking for the girls and couldn't find them. Drew was also home and he didn't go out either. They sent the son BACK out again (the first ride around was with Wylma) and then when he came back again, Heather finally went out looking while Wylma and Tammy had left (assuming the girls had just run off and would be found).
Drew called Wylma and Tammy back - and Wylma and Tammy went out again. Heather's story of "I went straight to the police" is not true, period. Her son had been out looking (twice) - and so had Wylma. When she drove around herself and realized they weren't in the immediate area she drove to the police station.
Again...I'm looking only at behaviors - if Misty and Dan had behaved like Heather and Drew I would question that as well. It's not about WHO did the behavior for me as much as the behavior itself that bothers me.
