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After the Verdict: The Ongoing Search for Answers โ A 'Missing in America' Panel
And that engagement, that time you spend talking to law enforcement, that's like a second job or a first job sometimes.
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After the Verdict: The Ongoing Search for Answers โ A 'Missing in America' Panel
Sue, I'm guessing you saw that firsthand.
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After the Verdict: The Ongoing Search for Answers โ A 'Missing in America' Panel
I mean, the amount of time you spent with them, with law enforcement, advocating, like it takes over your life, doesn't it?
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After the Verdict: The Ongoing Search for Answers โ A 'Missing in America' Panel
I mean, that brings up another topic, which is when families of the missing end up getting scammed by people.
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who realize that there is money to be made out here.
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After the Verdict: The Ongoing Search for Answers โ A 'Missing in America' Panel
I don't think this is an unknown topic to any of you.
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Colleen, you must have seen this over the years.
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I mean, have people offered to tell you, you know, either information about the case or where they thought Morgan was in exchange for a couple of dollars?
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Sue, you hired a private investigator.
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After the Verdict: The Ongoing Search for Answers โ A 'Missing in America' Panel
One of the things, you know, I always tell people, like, there's a lot of things that are portrayed on TV, particularly in TV dramas, not on programs like Dateline, but in TV dramas that are not actually true.
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After the Verdict: The Ongoing Search for Answers โ A 'Missing in America' Panel
But one of the things that I've always thought is kind of accurate is the way that the relationship between private investigators and police.
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After the Verdict: The Ongoing Search for Answers โ A 'Missing in America' Panel
is portrayed, which is frequently law enforcement is not interested in hearing from PIs, from people who came up with information that they personally did not come up with.
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Nan, you're nodding.
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Yeah.
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Raven, what do you tell families?
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I mean, is there a playbook for this?
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Families being seen makes a big difference, doesn't it?
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After the Verdict: The Ongoing Search for Answers โ A 'Missing in America' Panel
And you want them in front of the camera and a lot of times not necessarily the police department.
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Yeah.
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Well, let me ask all of you, what is it you...