01-28-2014, 08:50 AM
Really great to hear Sarah tell of her familyÔs experience (and her own). It is sad to me they were not treated as a bereaved family. Even though HPD is all about BoÔs guilt, that is no reason not to show the family respect.
Wonder if they worried about the statement your parents might make about doubting the conclusions if they were given a chance to be part of the PC?
I apologize for saying the missing couple was not connected. I had no idea they were ever in Kalapana! That is shocking. I followed the story when it came out, but I had forgotten (because the story died in the media quickly) that HPD told the California mother (Christine Cealey) that the body in the ocean could be of her daughter.
In the article I had read, it stated that it was an error to say Linder was from Idaho, at that time, but I guess she has moved there?
This article has slightly different info from the other links:
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...1305300836
If Linder (the girl) indeed met Brittany, that must have blown her mind to hear. I wonder if the kids decided to lie about going to Kalapana so as not to get chewed out by parents for camping in an area where a murder happened. There is absolutely nothing I saw in any press saying they went south from Kona.
It does seem likely they were in WaipiÔo being as they were located in HonokaÔa. They came up on the Wednesday I think, with Brittany found on Monday. She was IDÔs publicly at 2 PM that day and I think an HPD press release went out, but whether this couple heard who knows. Still, you know the girl must have heard an earful from her mom about how she was all ready to fly to HawaiÔi because she had been told it could be her daughter.
One has to wonder about the orange tent, although I donÔt see why a couple who was continuing on to camp at WaipiÔo would leave their tent behind. I think they were probably backpacking to Waimanu, not in WaipiÔo, because Linder says their cell phones exploded after they came "down" the mountain, which would make sense if they came down Muliwai Trail.
Also the article mentions they plan to take a bus from HonokaÔa to Kona, so they must not have had a rental car, must have hitched or hiked to Waimanu. Is that orange and gray Ozark tent a backpackerÔs type tent? I donÔt know.
HereÔs the HPD comment from the article on closing that case:
Hard to know what to make of this, except the couple could have denied to police they were in Kalapana? I wonder if they had pulled a permit for Waimanu, where one is required, and what days it was for. (Though they seem like the kind to just go where they want, people do get ticketed for camping Waimanu without one.)
Thank you gypsy, quite a tale.
Wonder if they worried about the statement your parents might make about doubting the conclusions if they were given a chance to be part of the PC?
I apologize for saying the missing couple was not connected. I had no idea they were ever in Kalapana! That is shocking. I followed the story when it came out, but I had forgotten (because the story died in the media quickly) that HPD told the California mother (Christine Cealey) that the body in the ocean could be of her daughter.
In the article I had read, it stated that it was an error to say Linder was from Idaho, at that time, but I guess she has moved there?
This article has slightly different info from the other links:
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...1305300836
If Linder (the girl) indeed met Brittany, that must have blown her mind to hear. I wonder if the kids decided to lie about going to Kalapana so as not to get chewed out by parents for camping in an area where a murder happened. There is absolutely nothing I saw in any press saying they went south from Kona.
It does seem likely they were in WaipiÔo being as they were located in HonokaÔa. They came up on the Wednesday I think, with Brittany found on Monday. She was IDÔs publicly at 2 PM that day and I think an HPD press release went out, but whether this couple heard who knows. Still, you know the girl must have heard an earful from her mom about how she was all ready to fly to HawaiÔi because she had been told it could be her daughter.
One has to wonder about the orange tent, although I donÔt see why a couple who was continuing on to camp at WaipiÔo would leave their tent behind. I think they were probably backpacking to Waimanu, not in WaipiÔo, because Linder says their cell phones exploded after they came "down" the mountain, which would make sense if they came down Muliwai Trail.
Also the article mentions they plan to take a bus from HonokaÔa to Kona, so they must not have had a rental car, must have hitched or hiked to Waimanu. Is that orange and gray Ozark tent a backpackerÔs type tent? I donÔt know.
HereÔs the HPD comment from the article on closing that case:
quote:
"Police were closing the missing persons case and don't plan to investigate the phone call, said Capt. Richard Miyamoto.
"We located them. We found out that they were fine," he said. "They were in no trouble. There's nothing further at this point."
There's no suspicion of any wrongdoing, Miyamoto said.
Hard to know what to make of this, except the couple could have denied to police they were in Kalapana? I wonder if they had pulled a permit for Waimanu, where one is required, and what days it was for. (Though they seem like the kind to just go where they want, people do get ticketed for camping Waimanu without one.)
Thank you gypsy, quite a tale.