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I feel like my comment aged pretty well. > It's possible that his family recognized him and just hasn't bothered to say anything publicly. Maybe he burned brid

I feel like my comment aged pretty well. > It's possible that his family recognized him and just hasn't bothered to say anything publicly. Maybe he burned bridges in his previous life and folks would rather let it go than deal with interviews, etc. From the article: > His family has not responded to requests for comment > “There’s a reason no one reported him missing,” said a former roommate in Baton Rouge > an intelligent and troubled man who often struggled with personal relationships, particularly with his family

Exmoor 6y ago
I wouldn't necessarily read too much into that. Sadly there have apparently been similar cases where family members have been harassed by anonymous internet users for not reporting their adult family members missing. Apparently law enforcement is now giving families a heads up during the identification process and allowing them to retain some level of anonymity. I've seen this specifically cited as the reason "Lyle Stevik"[0]'s name was never made public. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Stevik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Stevik
pwdisswordfish0 6y ago
Your comment speculates that they intentionally chose to withhold information. The article tells a different story of someone who had enough people who knew and cared about him, but who also knew him as someone who lived in such a way that due to it not being unusual to go long stretches without contact with others, his disappearance and death could easily go unnoticed. And of course, when people did realize the dead hiker was theirs, they came forward. It's the whole reason this article was able to be written in the first place. These are two different pictures that aren't especially compatible. (It's bad enough to participate in those types of speculation fests, but even worse that at the moment the fog lifts and it should be approached with a newly sober attitude, you instead show up to pimp out your (wrong) theory.)

Exmoor 6y ago

I wouldn't necessarily read too much into that. Sadly there have apparently been similar cases where family members have been harassed by anonymous internet users for not reporting their adult family members missing. Apparently law enforcement is now giving families a heads up during the identification process and allowing them to retain some level of anonymity. I've seen this specifically cited as the reason "Lyle Stevik"[0]'s name was never made public. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Stevik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Stevik

pwdisswordfish0 6y ago

Your comment speculates that they intentionally chose to withhold information. The article tells a different story of someone who had enough people who knew and cared about him, but who also knew him as someone who lived in such a way that due to it not being unusual to go long stretches without contact with others, his disappearance and death could easily go unnoticed. And of course, when people did realize the dead hiker was theirs, they came forward. It's the whole reason this article was able to be written in the first place. These are two different pictures that aren't especially compatible. (It's bad enough to participate in those types of speculation fests, but even worse that at the moment the fog lifts and it should be approached with a newly sober attitude, you instead show up to pimp out your (wrong) theory.)