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Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Something's rotten in the state


One of Edward DeVere's (Shakespeare's) most famous plays is Hamlet. There are a number of famous lines from this play, but the one where Hamlet is contemplating his father's recent death and his mother's actions with his uncle is the trademark line from the play. As Hamlet tries to make sense of what is happening early in the play, he comes with the line, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."

That's exactly what I am thinking as I contemplate the rotten state of affairs in Colorado City with the disappearance of Hailey Dunn. I have followed the coverage from the news media. But, there is a apparently a story behind the story. It's such a sham to have all these volunteers coming from all over who give freely of their time searching for Hailey when all along people close to the case know no body is going to be discovered by any of the volunteer teams. And the case is really shaping up to discover that law enforcement officials are in on the cover-up of the disappearance. Most recently, the police are saying they have a flash drive with child porn images and that the grandmother's computer has a greater number of images on it. When is the last time any grandmother had such images on her computer? And the sudden appearance of a flash drive is suspect. Investigation 101 teaches that the sudden appearance of "evidence" happens only in mystery novels in which the author has to piecemeal the evidence throughout the story to hold the attention of the reader. These new findings are nothing but a ruse, smoke and mirrors to distract from the truth.

It's a pretty stereotypical series of events from a small town. If I were to ever get involved in a case like this one, I would probably have to work with an outside investigating team to crack the truth. For sure, it is not going to come from the inside where it should come from. What a shame that small town people get so caught up in Peyton Place shenanigans that they hide the reality of what is going on.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

So what exactly are you saying here. The police are involved in her missing/death ? That there is a porn ring of some sorts amongst the police in that town?
How did you come to this, any type of evidence that I missed while following this case?
Interesting, expand more please.
I understood that the flash drive and mothers computer were confiscated on or about the 2nd day,but it took a long time to glean everything from the computer.

Dwordman said...

Flash drives and computer drives don't take that long to analyze for data unless they have been damaged, which was not the case. So, the police held that evidence until they needed it to distract with if someone got too close to the case.

And, the insinuation you made with the police involvement is plausible, too. Another need for distraction. The police's dismissal of other law enforcement agencies after the first month was much too quick. I guess the police needed a little space to work or cover or stall.

The mother's patience alone is astounding!

Anonymous said...

Yes..Astounding..AND FLAT

Dwordman said...

So true. The mother's detachment means one of two things to me. She is artificially induced not to care or she was part of the disappearing act. I suppose that if the boyfriend was abusive, she could be submissively quiet, but she doesn't appear to be to that level of submission in the press conferences.

Anonymous said...

What would be your theory of her disappearance? Trafficked out of country?
Please continue to write here, I think there are many of us who have the same suspicions.
and just wish that an independent investigator would go in there and find the truth.

Dwordman said...

At this point, anything is still possible. Investigation from the outside would certainly help. The next clue in the case will be what the grand jury says about the evidence for the case's only suspect.

Anonymous said...

I have to say that, living in a large city in Fla., I look at the sluggish police procedures in west Texas with disbelief.
In Florida, I believe it would have taken less than 24 hours to arrest the owner of the memory stick or-- if they're not sure-- to arrest the homeowner.
I know of a local case where childporn was found; the man was removed from his place of employment and put in jail by the end of the day.

Dwordman said...

I believe that what you describe is standard MO across the US. The lack of action raises a whole series of questions.