Re: Please help: Missing person
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:05 pm
Clarification:
The "law enforcement sighting of Matt in Indio" was apparently at a Border Patrol checkpoint. As we all know, lots of Latinos try to enter the US illegally. The Border Patrol therefore has checkpoints on secondary roads throughout the SoCal desert, and a few on the interstates, where they check cars for illegals who may be hiding inside. You generally have to roll down your windows and pop your trunk lid so they can look inside. White drivers generally get cursory checks; Latino drivers are scrutinized a little closer. I figure that Matt encountered the BP before they learned that he was missing. The car probably caught their attention; a beat up green Hyundai is the type of vehicle commonly used to try to evade checkpoints. Matt was clean and was let go, then the missing person report comes up and the agents say "oh yeah, the bearded white kid in the old green car, yeah he came through here..." Also, it is now apparent that Matt DID take off without letting anybody know. It would be impossible for anybody to know whether he was kidnapped or murdered at the time of the disappearance, so LE treated it as suspicious. I hope that answers your questions, GN. I've been doing a little digging courtesy of Google.
The "law enforcement sighting of Matt in Indio" was apparently at a Border Patrol checkpoint. As we all know, lots of Latinos try to enter the US illegally. The Border Patrol therefore has checkpoints on secondary roads throughout the SoCal desert, and a few on the interstates, where they check cars for illegals who may be hiding inside. You generally have to roll down your windows and pop your trunk lid so they can look inside. White drivers generally get cursory checks; Latino drivers are scrutinized a little closer. I figure that Matt encountered the BP before they learned that he was missing. The car probably caught their attention; a beat up green Hyundai is the type of vehicle commonly used to try to evade checkpoints. Matt was clean and was let go, then the missing person report comes up and the agents say "oh yeah, the bearded white kid in the old green car, yeah he came through here..." Also, it is now apparent that Matt DID take off without letting anybody know. It would be impossible for anybody to know whether he was kidnapped or murdered at the time of the disappearance, so LE treated it as suspicious. I hope that answers your questions, GN. I've been doing a little digging courtesy of Google.