I went to the gym, this story was playing on the tv, I got transfixed and ended up watching the whole thing and not working out.
It is not a simple case.
Some say oh, they took the money and ran. No. There were tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars left behind.
Also, they were very affectionate with their dogs, one of which was a recently obtained puppy. Those dogs were left abandoned in the back yard. If they wanted to pretend to have been abducted they could have left the front door open or something. But no. The poor dogs were just out in the backyard, no food, no water.
They had no known drug, criminal, or debt trouble.
The man had a very successful business. He had just had a business meeting that day. His last call was to follow up on it. Why bother if you are planning to disappear?
Also there seemed to be genuine love and connections between family members and friends, none of whom have a clue as to where they are.
Yet they disappeared. The abandoned car had no other prints in it save their own. It wasn’t “wiped” in that sense. Why would no bad guys’ prints be in the abandoned vehicle? What would the bad guys have to gain? Why would bad guys go after an entire family, including 2 little kids who could not have been witnesses?
So perplexing.
This one is weird. The dogs, the house, the money. Doesn’t add up.
And the wife was very against going to Mexico.