Another Reality Check
This morning I turned on the National news as I do every morning before going to work. I don't have cable and since I get home too late in the evening this is my only opportunity to catch the national headlines. Sometimes I feel at a real loss not having cable because I know I'm missing out on continued coverage of stories that the nightly news (or morning national coverage) has dropped in lieu of the latest "top" stories. This morning on CBS they had an update on the Natalie Holloway case as well as a new story of two missing boys from Milwaukie.
It seems that there might be a break in the Natalie Holloway case and the officer, I forget who he was, felt that they would have answers and even as to her where-a-bouts on the island of Aruba. A parent of the two missing boys said that it was not like them to wander off. It was not like Kevin to take off either but this fell on deaf ears. The police and or other authorities in Milwaukie have been searching, combing the area. I think they even said a diver had checked near or in water in the area. An airplane was doing surviellance from the air. This is not the first time I have been confronted by these scenes and stories. This has happened many times over the past year and a half and it was media coverage like this which prompted me to write to the Des Moines police chief and question what they were doing. I watch the news. I see these pictures of the police. A police spokesperson is updating the media as to their progress and what they are doing. Search dogs are seen. This is the way it should be and seems to be in other parts of the country. Many times I watched these same scenarios when I was still in New York. If not Natalie Holloway it was another young woman. If not these two boys then another young person. I spoke to the local police in my own home town many times about Craig Freer and what the police did regarding missing persons. I spoke to the Albany police as well.
Then I get upset and angry. I think to myself "what is going on here". And reality hits me. The reality that something is really wrong. The police, here, discouraged me from having a search and wouldn't send anyone to help either. The police in Scotia were not only there to make sure that no one got hurt but they ran the organizational part of the search that day, as well, to make sure things ran as smoothly as possible. 6 weeks after Kevin disappeared the police took one statement from one of the guys who was last seen with him. Yes, they did put his name on the National Register but that was about it. The discription wasn't even accurate until I had it corrected.
Saturday evening 48 hours is having a special on the Natalie Holloway case at 10:00 p.m. Perhaps that's part of the reason CBS had it on the news again. Publicity for the show. But none the less this has been a high profile case, possibly because these people have money too,($100,00.00 - 200,00.00 for information) and apparently it has succeeded. It has succeeded and a thousand others have gone unnoticed. Why? But at least in other parts of the country things are being done to a certain extent, at least initially. I get a little miffed when I hear how the police or Crime stoppers put up 500.00 dollars for information about the death of a dog that was suspicious - and someone else contributed 1,000.00 dollars. The police put up $1,000.00 for information regarding Kevin. They wouldn't send any help to the search and yet there were two uniformed police at Flanagan's St. Paddy's day party to maintain order and safety?
So I have to face reality once again. I'm not the same person I was a year and a half ago. I can look at things differently now (hopefully more objectively) and the further we get from July 18th the harder it is getting to buy, to believe, what has gone on over the past year and a half. Another reality check... The reality that certain things are becoming clearer to me. Maybe I'm a little closer to the truth and it isn't pleasant and actually it might be very scary. I hope I'm not right but I might be...
It seems that there might be a break in the Natalie Holloway case and the officer, I forget who he was, felt that they would have answers and even as to her where-a-bouts on the island of Aruba. A parent of the two missing boys said that it was not like them to wander off. It was not like Kevin to take off either but this fell on deaf ears. The police and or other authorities in Milwaukie have been searching, combing the area. I think they even said a diver had checked near or in water in the area. An airplane was doing surviellance from the air. This is not the first time I have been confronted by these scenes and stories. This has happened many times over the past year and a half and it was media coverage like this which prompted me to write to the Des Moines police chief and question what they were doing. I watch the news. I see these pictures of the police. A police spokesperson is updating the media as to their progress and what they are doing. Search dogs are seen. This is the way it should be and seems to be in other parts of the country. Many times I watched these same scenarios when I was still in New York. If not Natalie Holloway it was another young woman. If not these two boys then another young person. I spoke to the local police in my own home town many times about Craig Freer and what the police did regarding missing persons. I spoke to the Albany police as well.
Then I get upset and angry. I think to myself "what is going on here". And reality hits me. The reality that something is really wrong. The police, here, discouraged me from having a search and wouldn't send anyone to help either. The police in Scotia were not only there to make sure that no one got hurt but they ran the organizational part of the search that day, as well, to make sure things ran as smoothly as possible. 6 weeks after Kevin disappeared the police took one statement from one of the guys who was last seen with him. Yes, they did put his name on the National Register but that was about it. The discription wasn't even accurate until I had it corrected.
Saturday evening 48 hours is having a special on the Natalie Holloway case at 10:00 p.m. Perhaps that's part of the reason CBS had it on the news again. Publicity for the show. But none the less this has been a high profile case, possibly because these people have money too,($100,00.00 - 200,00.00 for information) and apparently it has succeeded. It has succeeded and a thousand others have gone unnoticed. Why? But at least in other parts of the country things are being done to a certain extent, at least initially. I get a little miffed when I hear how the police or Crime stoppers put up 500.00 dollars for information about the death of a dog that was suspicious - and someone else contributed 1,000.00 dollars. The police put up $1,000.00 for information regarding Kevin. They wouldn't send any help to the search and yet there were two uniformed police at Flanagan's St. Paddy's day party to maintain order and safety?
So I have to face reality once again. I'm not the same person I was a year and a half ago. I can look at things differently now (hopefully more objectively) and the further we get from July 18th the harder it is getting to buy, to believe, what has gone on over the past year and a half. Another reality check... The reality that certain things are becoming clearer to me. Maybe I'm a little closer to the truth and it isn't pleasant and actually it might be very scary. I hope I'm not right but I might be...
posted by Patricia | 8:03 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Patty,
I did get a chance to take a look at those things I talked about with you when you last stopped by. Turns out, it looks like the Oprah Winfrey show really IS interested in your type of story. Follow this link here.
http://www.oprah.com/plugger/templates/BeOnTheShow.jhtml?action=respond&plugId=D55300002
It's a pretty simple form with the general run down of who you are, how to get ahold of you, etcetera. You've got 2000 words to tell your story. Hopefully, they'll get a hold of you. Since no one else seems to want to help, we'll just get the rest of the country (and moms!) involved. Hope this was helpful.
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