Sunday, January 22, 2012

Beth Bentley - gone 87 weeks

Beth Bentley vanished on May 23, 2010, from Centralia, Ill. Or was it on May 22? Or maybe May 21? Or possibly on May 20? Or maybe from Mount Vernon, Ill.? Or even from Woodstock, Ill.?

Every month the Woodstock Police Department reports its progress in the case to the City Manager, and the City Manager forwards that report to the City Council.

The monthly report for November 2011 was delivered to the City Council at its January 17, 2012 meeting. What was that report in the case of Beth Bentley?

"The Investigations Division continues to aggressively follow-up (sic) on all leads in the investigation of the Endangered Missing Person Benedetta "Beth" Bentley. The Investigations Division maintains contact with the Illinois State Police and all other police agencies involved in this case for updates and the sharing of intelligence information."

Does this two-sentence "report" sound familiar? It should, at least to the members of the City Council who wade through their electronic packets. Do they even see those two lines? Does City Manager Tim Clifton even see them?

If they do, why aren't they questioning the police chief about what his department is really doing in this case?

1 comment:

Know better said...

Maybe, unlike you, they trust that the Chief is doing everything that needs to be done.
Also remember that the police know more about the case than you do.