“While likely sorry his ex is having to go through this nightmare, he’s probably tired of the wall-to-wall coverage of his ex-MILs disappearance, too.”
You are probably right.
At JLR Investigates the LEOs are going from house to house. Possibly showing the pics and video in case someone recognizes something in them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRTxQqeMj3o
FBI is on the scene going door to door on the next street over from Annie’s house. They are spending time at a house now at which no one answered the door.