New Beth Bentley page hits Facebook

Yesterday's Northwest Herald article about a May 23 balloon release for Beth Bentley carries information about a (new?) Facebook page called "Missing Beth Bentley". At first glance, it appears to be a make-over of a previous page, but a closer look reveals numerous errors and misdirections. What would be the purpose of deceiving readers?

First of all, the page carries this statement under "Works at": "I AM AN ENDANGERED MISSING PERSON - PLEASE HELP BRING ME HOME!" (caps in the original)

Then it says, at the top, "Lives in Mount Vernon, Illinois." Oh, really? When Beth went missing, she lived in Woodstock. At least, nothing to the contrary has ever been stated publicly.

Who chose the "favorite quotes"?

#1 "Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.......W. H. Auden"

#2 "Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't....Judy Holliday"

#3 “Lying is done with words and also with silence.” Adrienne Rich"

If "society" has a direct interest, then it is up to the public to keep the pressure on law enforcement agencies to keep digging.

Next, whoever put of the Facebook page didn't even get her date-of-birth right. It's February 12, 1969 (not 1967). She was 41 when she disappeared last May.

Her marital status is shown as "Married" and farther down the page reads, "Scott, Beth's husband, is devastated and has been completely ruled out of any suspicions."

Yep, he's so "devastated" that rumors were flying within a couple of months of her disappearance that Beth's purses and things were being sold off and that a single woman had moved into the Bentley family home and was also working in Scott's office. Perhaps whoever put up the Facebook page might want to check the dictionary for a definition of "devastated".

And that Scott "has been completely ruled out of any suspicions"? Whoever wrote that was dreaming (or standing downwind in the haze at a rock concert). "Ruled out" by whom? The police apparently have no suspects and have not identified any "persons of interest", but they have not ever stated that they have ruled out anybody. Period.

The page continues the lie about the 6:00PM Amtrak train from Centralia. Why do I say the "lie"? Because her traveling companion, Jenn Wyatt, called me on June 10 and told me that Beth never intended to take a train. It wasn't long after that that people began to question whether Beth ever was in Centralia, and then whether she was really ever in Mount Vernon, and then whether she ever really left Woodstock.

And then "Beth's" phone number is given, except it's the phone number for the Woodstock (Ill.) Police Department.

The Facebook page also says to see the FAQ section under "Info". The only problem with that is there isn't any FAQ section!

(Note: this was published previously but "unpublished" mysteriously by Blogger today; thus, it is re-published.)