Beth Bentley - 48 weeks and still missing

Forty-eight weeks ago Beth Bentley, then 41, went missing. She disappeared from Centralia, Ill. Or was it from Mount Vernon, Ill.? Or was it from Woodstock? Did she run away? Did a stranger do away with her? Did someone she knew do away with her?

If someone around here knows what happened to her, pretty soon they will slip up. Somebody will hear something that just doesn't match up, and Woodstock Police departments will have another clue to run with.

Should a command center be set up, run by civilians, with all the tips, leads and clues posted publicly for anyone to see? Of course, they would need to be backed up and photographed daily, just in case a perp came in and decided that the net was closing around him (or her). Or them.

Right now I'd say that there are no solid leads for the location from which she actually disappeared. Can Jenn Wyatt's story be believed that she drove her to Centralia and dropped her off by the Amtrak station? What about the pizza order from Beth's phone about the same time as the drop-off? Was that call placed from Centralia or Mount Vernon? Was there really even such a call?

And what about the rumor that Beth's cell phone "pinged" in McHenry County late Sunday night? And of some missing computer files from the Bentley law offices that might have been taken or deleted on the Sunday night of her disappearance?

And what about all those text messages on the week-end, especially on Sunday? Did they exist? Or was that story just one of many red herrings in this case?

Why has the family's interest gone quiet? What happened to all the money from the fundraiser? What "search" was there in Las Vegas during the week after the fundraiser?

Does the reward fund at CHASE Bank still exist? All $140 of it...  The two Crime Stoppers rewards of "up to $1,000" each may still be in effect, but what about the other $3,000 reward?

Does anyone even know who is offering it? And why is it only $3,000?

As of last week, the Woodstock Police Department says Beth is still a missing person.