Beth Bentley case - Leiberman interview

Did you listen to the interview by Jon Leiberman's True Facts program last Thursday or to the archived recording of the program?

Do you think Jon got the "true facts"? Did he get many facts at all?

I noticed that many answers were not to the specific questions he asked, and that surprised me. This was an opportunity to tell the Beth Bentley story, yet I had the sense that information was being held back. Jon would ask the questions, and then there would be pauses and hesitation, and sometimes there were questions asked back, instead of answering Jon's question.

The answers would have given listeners information they wanted. Perhaps within the answers could have been connections or clues that would have helped listeners and investigators further piece together the mystery of Beth's disappearance. Listeners got little help in that regard.

Both Ron (Beth's brother in Arizona) and Jeremy (her eldest son) said the police were not telling them anything, and then Jeremy said the police would call him and run some tips by him. He added that the police had called him, because they legally had to. That just didn't compute for me, at all.

Rather than being totally open and candid with Jon, some of the answers were just plan evasive. At this point it's not known whether True Facts will devote more time to this case. When a reporter has to work really hard to pry information out of close family members, he may just wash his hands of the case.

Why didn't Ron and Jeremy "go for broke" with this opportunity that had opened up for them? It was the time to avoid pulling any punches. Yes, sometimes you have to be careful what you say, so that you don't slander someone.

And sometimes you take that risk, when you are trying to find a sister and a mom who has been missing for over a year!