Not saying this is the case here, but his more than glowing praised about the Sheriff, LE, S&R could be a conscious or subconscious attempt to "butter them up" in hopes that it would make it harder for them to suspect any foul play on the part of the family. Not saying this would work at all but perhaps in the mind of someone with something to hide the saying "keep your friends close and your enemies closer" could come into play. Like hoping if you rave on and on about how great the Sheriff is, Sheriff will be so grateful and flattered that it will somehow look at Dad/family in a more positive light.
I dunno. Just seems odd to me, your little boy is missing x 5 days and there is not so much as a trace/clue/hint of him........and you're going to glorify those in charge of finding him, so profusely? Seems like overkill to me, or 'laying it on too thick' for some reason.
Just trying to put myself into the shoes of parents who's little one has gone missing in this type of scenario. While I would be ever grateful to those who have worked so hard to help search, after 5 days and finding NOTHING, I would not be able to have any peace for I'd worry if somehow "someone" missed something.
I initially wasn't able to view the entire extended version of the interview w/ parents....but have been able to now. The tears welling up in the Dad's eyes, at the end, do seem very real and heartfelt.
On the other hand, I found it frustrating that toward the end of that interview when the poor Mom was pleading, in the event that someone had taken her little boy, for them to please just drop him off somewhere, anywhere.....like a store, or a place where someone would find him and then get him back home....well Dad kept talking over her and trying to change the subject........I found that odd. What she was saying was important (in the event that he'd been abducted, however I don't believe he has been)...but Dad just kept piping up and interrupting her. Very odd. Strange dynamics between the 2 of them? Perhaps he's used to doing all of the talking and she usually just has little to say because he does all of the talking.
One thing to add........in one of the more recent intereviews with the Sheriff, where he says that the parents have been cooperative and he has no problems with them and they have no problems with him..............this may be true, it may not be. It wouldn't be the first time that LE lead a missing child's parents to believe that they were not in anyway suspects when behind the scenes, they were being watched and investigated.
Oh and another thing (lol)........based on the media video showing the reporter driving into the campground, showing the rough gravel road into there, given that the campground does seem more on the remote side, I really find it impossible to believe that anyone would have abducted this little boy. Not exactly a location for a quick getaway, IMO.
Has it been reported how many other campers were there at the campground at the time this family was there/the little boy went missing? I understand that this isn't the type of campground where campers have to register, but even LE would have quickly been able to figure out how many other campers were there?
Was there only one way in/out of this campground?...........just the one road?
When the call came in that he was missing, did LE quickly set up a checkpoint on the road going into/out of the campground to interview people coming and going? Though perhaps that wouldn't have mattered, IF it's true that in actuality this little boy had been missing for an HOUR before LE had been called.
If it had been an hour............did the parents calculate that period of an hour from the time they allegedly left the campsite to go on their walk, to the time they returned, found he was missing, did their 20-30 minute search and then called 911?
