What was the breaking news about Natalee on WAFF Friday afternoon ?
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quote:Originally posted by FirenzeVeritas:
I agree that word really never applies to a murder or otherwise unsolved death, but at least the family would know the young woman isn't out in the world somewhere suffering and being abused.
I'm no expert on tracking dogs (or any other), but I've always been led to believe that a dog would lose the scent when it came to water. If they are looking at a lake, I'm confused as to what the dogs can do.
I've always felt the boys took the body to Venezuela and left it in a cave there. It's only 12 miles or so, and a friend who owned a boat was questioned about being seen with them that night. If all three were involved in disposing of the body, or perhaps four if they did borrow a boat, then one will tell at some point. It may be 30 or 40 years, but one will confess eventually.
quote:Originally posted by hoss gal:
i understand what you mean by it, lgirl.
i just think the whole idea of closure is rather dismissive of a family's agony and i don't like the word or the concept. i don't think anyone who has lost someone violently ever gets closure. you can put it a box, push the box way down and nail the lid on, but the box is always there and is subject to falling apart at any time.
closure sounds like wrapping the situation up and moving on, and that's not what all are able to do. it's more like learning to cope, rather than closure.
i have heard of cadaver dogs doing some amazing things and that they can find bodies underwater. i'd be surprised if they could find one that's been in the water 4 years, though.
isn't it horrible to contemplate, fv? where you'd rather know your daughter was dead, than that she's suffering some other fate. those poor people....
quote:Originally posted by CrustyMac:quote:Originally posted by hoss gal:
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isn't it horrible to contemplate, fv? where you'd rather know your daughter was dead, than that she's suffering some other fate. those poor people....
All valid points, Hoss; but there is closure in actually knowing that she is dead versus wondering. Normal people generally go through a specific grieving process that, in this case, is disrupted.
Unless a body is found, Natalee's family will spend the rest of their lives wondering if she is possibly out there somewhere, or if they have done all they possibly can to find her. Just knowing with absolute certainty that she is dead will allow them to move through the grieving process.<snip>
quote:Originally posted by jjuliesmiles:
Of course, I have no idea. But I wonder if there is ANY possibility that she could still be alive? I watched a movie last night called "Traded" or something similar about kidnapping young girls for sex slaves. It made me very upset to see how little regard some people in different parts of the world have for women and so thankful that I am an American!!!
Prayers for this family!
quote:Originally posted by tomfan:quote:Originally posted by CrustyMac:quote:Originally posted by hoss gal:
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isn't it horrible to contemplate, fv? where you'd rather know your daughter was dead, than that she's suffering some other fate. those poor people....
All valid points, Hoss; but there is closure in actually knowing that she is dead versus wondering. Normal people generally go through a specific grieving process that, in this case, is disrupted.
Unless a body is found, Natalee's family will spend the rest of their lives wondering if she is possibly out there somewhere, or if they have done all they possibly can to find her. Just knowing with absolute certainty that she is dead will allow them to move through the grieving process.<snip>
Ummm...isn't that what hoss gal said?
quote:Originally posted by jjuliesmiles:
Of course, I have no idea. But I wonder if there is ANY possibility that she could still be alive? I watched a movie last night called "Traded" or something similar about kidnapping young girls for sex slaves. It made me very upset to see how little regard some people in different parts of the world have for women and so thankful that I am an American!!!
Prayers for this family!
quote:Originally posted by smurph:
Where is her mother during this new search? She is usually right up in the middle of everything concerning the search for her daughter. has she made any comments concerning the new search,I may have missed it?
My prayers to this entire family,I cannot imagine the not knowing the fate of your child.