I am sure there are valid reasons they don't believe Amanda, however I find it to be rather obvious that they don't wish to spend time and resources on her case, or at least they are giving that impression by their actions.
I have worked with LE most of my life. I respect them quite a bit and have a family member in LE and have been in LE myself. That said I can be very vocal taking them to task when I am getting the impression they are impeding or dismissing a case simply because they consider the individual not worth their time for any number of reasons.
All missing and lost persons deserve to be found, even when they bring their circumstances upon themselves.
Solving this case will require tenacity, turning over every rock and listening to every witness, regardless of their perceived mental state.
As much as I want this case to be solved, I know it is impractical due to expense to drain both lakes and pump out all the containment ponds. I'm sure this is a fact not lost on LE and a rural municipal government with limited funds.
I am just a little perplexed by the seeming dismissal of the volunteer divers. I wish they would move forward on their own by obtaining PADER permits to dive the lakes and property owners permission to dive the containment ponds. At least put that possibility to rest so we could move on to woodlands searches, flyers and national alerts to LE in case she pops up somewhere else.
This brings painful memories of my ongoing case for Lauren Jackson. I am sure that a lot more resources would be been invested in the case had Lauren been the daughter of a prominent family, rather than that of a known drug user, and had the police department been larger town rather than rural with internal issues.