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Hi Guys,
I'd be more than happy to answer your questions about the video, however since this is an ongoing Police investigation, I really can't comment unless I clear it with Ocean Springs PD first, especially since this is a very public forum.
What I suggest is to give me a list of your questions and let me submit them to the investigator with OSPD first. If he approves, I will answer them. But let me tell you up front, most Police Investigators don't really like involving the public in these investigations for obvious reasons. For some reason, most of our local law enforcement members really either don't understand or have any idea on how they can use the power of the Internet to help them and almost always prefer traditional Police methods to solve crimes like these.
I think the best bet is to show the PD Investigators what Net resources we could use to get the word out. There are so many possible points of information out there on the Net that could be checked out that might just turn up the needle in the haystack that finds this guy.
Let me point out a real important point as was stated in an ealier post that this guy is still "a person of interest" and there are legal ramifications involved in referring to him as anything else at this point. Real care needs to be taken here to keep referring to him in that manner.
What I see here are a lot of Mike's friends who want to help. What's needed here is to get everyone together in one place at one time(Skeeter's maybe?) to talk an get an organized game plan going in one direction. There are a lot of good ideas here but it will take organization to make them happen. I can tell you for a fact that if you do get organized along the lines mentioned, the news media will be interested for just the fact that Mikes friends are willing to do what ever it takes to help solve the case. Just the idea of doing this is very unusual as most people sit back and let the Police do it. The very idea that Mike's friends are willing to do this sends a very powerful message on how deep your bonds and friendship were.
One final note, if you guys want to call me on the phone that's OK. I would prefer that anyway as a precaution. It would be about right that the guy we are after reads this board. If you want to call, you can call email me at Laser1218 at aol.com (not really comfortable posting my cell or home phone).
John
Hi Guys,
I'd be more than happy to answer your questions about the video, however since this is an ongoing Police investigation, I really can't comment unless I clear it with Ocean Springs PD first, especially since this is a very public forum.
What I suggest is to give me a list of your questions and let me submit them to the investigator with OSPD first. If he approves, I will answer them. But let me tell you up front, most Police Investigators don't really like involving the public in these investigations for obvious reasons. For some reason, most of our local law enforcement members really either don't understand or have any idea on how they can use the power of the Internet to help them and almost always prefer traditional Police methods to solve crimes like these.
I think the best bet is to show the PD Investigators what Net resources we could use to get the word out. There are so many possible points of information out there on the Net that could be checked out that might just turn up the needle in the haystack that finds this guy.
Let me point out a real important point as was stated in an ealier post that this guy is still "a person of interest" and there are legal ramifications involved in referring to him as anything else at this point. Real care needs to be taken here to keep referring to him in that manner.
What I see here are a lot of Mike's friends who want to help. What's needed here is to get everyone together in one place at one time(Skeeter's maybe?) to talk an get an organized game plan going in one direction. There are a lot of good ideas here but it will take organization to make them happen. I can tell you for a fact that if you do get organized along the lines mentioned, the news media will be interested for just the fact that Mikes friends are willing to do what ever it takes to help solve the case. Just the idea of doing this is very unusual as most people sit back and let the Police do it. The very idea that Mike's friends are willing to do this sends a very powerful message on how deep your bonds and friendship were.
One final note, if you guys want to call me on the phone that's OK. I would prefer that anyway as a precaution. It would be about right that the guy we are after reads this board. If you want to call, you can call email me at Laser1218 at aol.com (not really comfortable posting my cell or home phone).
John
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