Well I'm sorry either you were misinformed or everyone else and that includes all the media is misinformed.
I am conflicted about the media attention. There are literally thousands of people who disappear every year and with media attention some may have been found - either dead or alive.
Why? Because criminal justice authorities are so inefficient, compromised, hampered by defendant rights, etc. It took 2 weeks to get evidence from Joran's car and the justice minister responds to the questions of why it took so long by saying "We can't go in there like you cowboys."