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I came across this article while searching for something else.

Don't post tips about missing Ontario woman to Facebook: Police

It's pretty astounding, don't you agree? I mean... there have been discussion messagethreads at online forums EVERYWHERE about criminals & crimes & missing persons.... ever since the mid-1990s.

Do you think that online chatting is monitored by American detectives; apparently their Canadian counterparts do not -- do you believe it likely or even possible that American LEOs also ignore all online comments????

VERY curious, indeed. Almost... preposterous...

Don't post tips about missing Ontario woman to Facebook: Police

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/post+tips+about+missing+woman+Facebook+Police/2513847/story.html

......Belleville police Sgt. Julie Forestell said in an interview Tuesday, that people should report facts about the case to the official police tip line or Crimestoppers -- not to Facebook......

.......From a police perspective, Gordon said Facebook simply poses issues of quality control.

Police phone lines are sifted by people who can quickly determine whether there is substance to a tip by cross-referencing it with information they have already collected.

"They can very quickly sort the wheat from the chaff," he said. "You can't do that on Facebook. (Police) will get overwhelmed with information."

Gordon said posting words of support are fine, but posting any information about the case will do more harm than good.

"Do not post it on the Internet because it may confuse rather than assist "and it may inform the person responsible."

A post in the discussion forum of the Lloyd group aimed at all members carries a similar warning: "All pertinent information is included under the 'info' section of this page "anything other than that is just assumptions and speculation which can be harmful to the police investigation. Please do not post any assumptions pertaining to Jessica's disappearance."

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/post+tips+about+missing+woman+Facebook+Police/2513847/story.html