Going back to our time line at the beginning something caught my eye. At approximately 12:15 that afternoon a press release was faxed to Ontonagon County Sheriff's Department.
Searching through Google the only Ontonagon County I can find is in northern Michigan and Barron County is on the other side of the state from Michigan. I've missed some entire threads here so maybe this has been discussed. Was it ever determined if that actually had anything to do with Jayme's case? That just seems strange. In case it was a typo, I don't see where any of the adjacent counties had a name beginning with 'O'.
I have not read from your post through the end of this thread so I apologize if any comment is a duplicate of someone else's. I too wondered about this and still do. I finally put it down to maybe a statewide or adjoining state alert went out and maybe this county asked for more info, a confirmation, poster, picture, etc.
I was not satisfied that was the reason though and still have no idea. Maybe they were advised the MI county is some trafficking route so it was a cover our bases thing before it can be determined what happened. I wondered about initially if the family or some member had a cabin there because as you said, it is not adjoining in any way to Barron County or even on the right side of Wisconsin. I thought in early stages perhaps LE asked family members if she ran off alone or ran with someone scared to death is there anywhere she would go that she feels safe and maybe someone mentioned a cabin or cottage in the family?
Most likely this county did not expect a crime of this nature and the call log is just the early stages and scrambling to try to make sense of everything and going from the first ideas or leads from family who also are probably shocked and thinking off the top of their heads.
Yet there are things in the call log that make one wonder and perhaps that is not odd because again they are scrambling with a huge crime that was unexpected and unlike anything that has happened before. Yet there are things in the call log that because people would like her found and safe and because nothing is really known that make one question it looking for anything because as far as we know this girl has a chance yet and may be alive... Like the home being east of Barron or the suicide entry, probably both explainable and in the early stages. Cases of all children get to me but this one really does because she still could have a chance, some don't have a chance in hell. She was not found shot with her parents so there is still hope.
If things are not being shared to build a case then I would rather see them not shared. Or if the reason is hoping she is kept safe and sharing anything could trigger a perp if she is still alive, it is better they are not shared.
People want to help and people care and I would guess the frustration of the family is a million times what we feel and they are putting their faith in LE. And I doubt they know any more, other than they would have more knowledge of the three Closs members than we do.
It must be the time of year, heartfelt prayers for Jayme and her loved ones.
Sorry for the rambling on.
