Beth Bentley - gone 181 weeks

Beth Bentley, 41 in 2010 when she went missing, vanished on the next-to-last week-end in May, 2010.

Speculation continues to center on the location from which she disappeared and on the circumstances. Supposedly, she went to Mount Vernon, Ill. for the week-end. How carefully were her travels investigated?

The Woodstock (Ill.) Police Department (WPD) claimed the lead investigatory responsibility, because her disappearance was reported to WPD late on Monday, May 24, 2010. The case is classified as a Missing Person case. Beth is listed as Endangered Missing, although WPD has never explained what "Endangered" meant, specifically, in this case.

Had she been threatened?
Was she worried about disappearing?
Was she under any suspicion?
Was anything missing?
Was she in need of any medication?
Did she have a health condition that required attention or treatment?

WPD was working with police departments in Mount Vernon and Centralia, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department and the Illinois State Police.

For many months WPD reported the case status to the Woodstock City Manager and, through that office, to the Woodstock City Council. That stopped quite a while back, even though the monthly "report" was boiler-plate that seldom changed from one month to the next.

Basically, it feels to a lot of people that nobody is doing anything at this time to find Beth.

Beth's name popped up on McHenry County Blog recently, when a local attorney mentioned her in his comment posted to the article about him. That article and comment have since been removed.