Perhaps I wasn't clear with my earlier suggestion that LB's series of 1 minute calls to DM went unanswered. By this I meant there is no suggestion that she RECEIVED a call from him in return. Of course, a call picked up by his machine would be recorded as having been received or "answered" on her phone bill. Incidentally, imo, if she split with her bf six months previously why was he still tailing her every move? We know she was also estranged from her parents. IMO, given both those circumstances and the wee bit more we've learned about her, she may have had reasons that were perfectly valid to her to put lots of space between herself, her family, and that old bf, IMO. That is not to say she may not have come to harm. It IS to say there appears to be no evidence at this point that DM murdered her, at least none that is available to us, imo.
There can be no greater anxiety, imo, than to be the relative of someone who is missing; few more dreadful crimes than the kidnapping and willful confinement of another; and no more heinous act than the murder of an innocent, IMO While the prosecutor's task is no doubt more difficult when there is no dead body found to confirm that a murder did, in fact take place, a conviction is possible even in that absence. The literature also confirms many instances where a murder conviction has been upheld but the "victim" has turned up alive and well many years later , having gone underground for all sorts of reasons that were important to her. IMO that's one reason why any rush to judgement on the part of the public should be tempered. Public outcry absolutely influences the court, imo, and can lead to a gross miscarriage of justice, IMO. It can completely serve to reverse the assignment of "victim" in such cases, potentially incarcerating an innocent for years. Fortunately, IMO, in Canada, we don't have a death penalty, so it is possible to overturn a verdict in the event that the previously "murdered" eventually shows up hale and hearty, imo.