1.A piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth.
2.Unverified information received from another; hearsay.
I'm not as good at html as you. But I point out once again that all the nasty talk about the parents comes from one alleged unverified source, Rick Robert and his "highly placed LEO". This source is unidentified, all articles (FrontPage, Newsweak) posted on the threads consistently cite RR as their source along with "internet chat rooms".
Not one independant secondary source has surfaced since RR made himself famous with his allegations on Friday, 2-8-02. The news media has been on this like flies on ****, they have not come up with one former player, or even someone claiming to have turned down an invite.
As for Douglas Peirce's claims, Well, why has no media followed up with him. Possibly because he's a kook and a waste of bandwith, someone who tried to insert himself into the drama and got kicked out.
The parents flat or unatural affect - everyone handles grief and despair differently, according to their nature and the happy pills that are generally given.
Did Westerfield "dance" with Brenda? He says yes, She says no, 3rd party verification has not been published. Think the cops don't know whose story is inconsistent? Who did the investigators focus on, on Monday 48 hrs after the disappearance and why?
The evidence so far released seems to show that LEO's got their man. It also appears that the VD's are working closely and cooperatively with LE and that LE was taking time to keep them apprised of events and pending arrest. Not likely if they were under suspicion, and not likely if RR's allegations had held any water.
My guess is that if there turns out to be a second perp, it will be Westerfield's friend "Gary" who was at the bar with him that night.
As for how someone could sneak in a take a child. Well 30-40% of stranger abductions are night time home invasions and they are uniformly fatal, unlike daytime snatches where money is more likely to be a motive.
It's sad, it's scary and it happens all the time, because there are rabid, predatory deviants who live and work among us and are fed by the growing porn industry.
Wrong. THEY are the ones who create and keep alive the child porn industry,not the opposite. If you have no interest in or find this stuff repulsive,no force on earth will make you buy or watch it,
Apparently, the VD's have told the police about their "lifestyle." That's how Rick Roberts found out about it in the first place.
Look, if this happened to me, the first person I would call would be a priest, NOT a PR person. I wouldn't care what I looked like to the public. I would need the spiritual guidance of a religious.
But, of course, that's just me...