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That just really ticks me off. The Laura Recovery Center busts it's rear-end to help find missing children. They are johnny-on-the-spot to get search teams organized etc., whenever a child goes missing. I still hurt for the parents of Laura Smithers who is the namesake of the organization. Laura was abducted and her body found months later. There was never a moment Laura's parents' grief was questioned by anyone, because it was so real you were hurting too. Just thinking about her mother pleading on TV is bringing tears to my eyes now. Theu didn't have PR people, just family and friends when they were too distraught to talk. There were no lies, just the truth to try and find their daughter. I hurt for poor Danielle, but the VD's have left me sick with their lies and disposition. They should give every freaking dime of that 24,000 to the Laura Recovery Center. They sure as sh#@ better not use that money for attorney fees.

Speaking of the VD's PR crew, I've never seen any explanation of how or WHY they got involved. As I recall, they were from one of the major national PR firms. Why the heck would they want to get involved in a case like this? Their bread and butter is corporate and celebrity PR (and in the case of the celebrities, it's usually paid for by the celebrities corporate employers -- movie studios, record labesls, etc.) Maybe the PR firm does this sort of thing as pro bono work, to help their own slimy reputation? But it seems risky to get involved with people you don't know anything about, in the context of a type of case where, as history has shown, the victim's relatives fairly frequently turn out to be the perpetrators.