Online radio interview - Beth Bentley case

On Thursday, June 2, there was an online interview about the Beth Bentley missing-person case, which is now over a year old. Jon Leiberman, host of True Facts and formerly with America's Most Wanted, interviewed Jeremy Velmont, Beth's eldest son, and Ron Michaelson, Jr., Beth's brother in Arizona.

Over the next few days (or weeks?) I'll dissect the questions asked (and not asked) in that interview and the answers given (or not given). Some allowance will be made for the guests, Jeremy and Ron, who are not experienced interviewees.

The online interview has been archived at www.dqrm.com/showlist/leiberman.htm where you can listen to it for yourself. The Bentley-case interview starts after about 25 minutes into the program, and you can pull the time indicator with your mouse to a point about 40% of the way across.

Near the beginning of the interview Jon asked Jeremy how he found out that something "wasn't right". Jeremy answered that Beth had not answered their calls to her and text messages to her and the next day (they) figured that something was wrong.

From this one sentence, the question arises as to whether family members had been calling and texting Beth over the week-end? On both Saturday and Sunday? Or just on Sunday? The public has never been informed about the frequency and source to calls to Beth's phone over the week-end or any record of calls or text messages from her phone over the week-end, with the exception of a call purportedly placed from her phone to her husband, Scott, about 4:00PM on Sunday.

And then there is that pesky report of a call from Beth's phone to Pogue's Pizzas in Mount Vernon at about the same time as Jennifer Wyatt says she was delivering Beth to a location in Centralia near the Amtrak station.

Did the family (which members?) think something was wrong on Sunday, when Beth didn't answer her phone or reply to text messages? She was early on described as a "serial texter". If my memory serves me correctly, it was Jennifer who described her that way - as a woman constantly using her cell phone for communication by voice or texting.

Did any family member actually speak with Beth on Friday, Saturday or Sunday? Or receive a voice message from her? None has been mentioned, except for the 4:00PM Sunday call to Scott.

What was the content of that phone conversation between Beth and Scott on Sunday at 4:00PM? Was it actually a conversation? Or a message? Or an exchange of messages? How many?

This case is a cold missing-person case. The Woodstock Police Department has apparently never classified it other than a missing person case. There is no reported suspicion of foul play associated with this case on the part of any "official" investigation.