The FBI did not contact the news. Sounds to me as if they believe she is alive, but still need to confirm it perhaps. If she were dead they would have broken that bad news I would think.
If she were still alive she would be 40 something years old, I don’t think she is alive!!!
I am getting some push back, so I figured I will make my statement clear. If they have no actual proof, just speculation, why say anything? If they have proof of something, just tell the family. It’s not like there aren’t FBI agents in every corner of the United States.
As far as the family going to the news, what did the FBI expect when it dropped cryptic hints of something to come?
Weird to me.