I would think that someone would tell the beach patrol person that a teenaged tourist missed their plane and is presumed missing, would be much better than, a teenage tourist is missing and presumed on a FLING!
Except that teenaged tourist had not yet missed the flight at the time beach patrol was notified.
And I wonder how big a deal missing a flight is considered to be--from the perspective of officials who deal with a lot of well-heeled tourists. And from the perspective of people who aren't driven by the clock to the extent that we here in the US are. The Caribbean is famous for operating on 'Island Time'.
But it all boils down to tell someone what you will--but know that you can't control how another person is going to process the information.
If the person missing were a local islander, you might have a point, but the person missing is a time driven American. I suppose this 'Island time' is what we are seeing regarding their extreme negligence and slow work on the case, in which their slowness has greatly jeopardized the case.
What time was the beach patrol person notified? Is this a fact or a rumor? If its a fact, got a source and link?