OT: Jacksonville FL weirdness

[horshack.sixpack]

very sad story about the search for a missing 21-month old. Odder still that they found not 1, but 2 different bodies while looking for the child. Neither of which were the child and neither of which they were looking for.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/08/05/search-for-missing-florida-boy-turns-up-body-sailor-in-pond/

I would like to think that random searches in ponds and woods wouldn't be expected to turn up bodies...

 

[Digging dog]

Maybe it's social media compared to milk cartons but It seems like there are way more missing people these days.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

I saw that last night, and liked how they just tossed in "BTW, we found another one" at the end of the article

 

[Southern Law Dawg]

Maybe it's social media compared to milk cartons but It seems like there are way more missing people these days.

It does SEEM that way, due to how quickly news spreads these days, but in reality crime has been dropping hard since the 90s across the board. Awareness of crime is up, but people are safer than they ever have been.

 

[BossDawg78]

I would like to think that random searches in ponds and woods wouldn't be expected to turn up bodies...

Makes you wonder just how many hidden bodies you've passed by in your lifetime. Many that will never be found but are quite literally under your nose in some instances. They say at any given moment there are roughly 90,000 people missing in the US, not to mention worldwide. Creepy.

ETA: Around 4.5 million globally with over 600 that go missing daily.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

Yea, that last sentence...

 

[SwampDawg]

Years ago the (then) secondary road that runs through the swamp between Lake Ponchartrain and Lake Maurepas in Louisiana was a favorite dumping ground for people that had gotten on the wrong side of other people. A local sheriff said that "If all the bodies stood up at one time it would take a week to gather them all up."

 

[Palos verdes]

It does SEEM that way, due to how quickly news spreads these days, but in reality crime has been dropping hard since the 90s across the board. Awareness of crime is up, but people are safer than they ever have been.

I don't see how anyone could come to that conclusion. There are far more pedophiles, psychos, and general nutcases ready to have their moment than there ever has been. We aren't as safe, anywhere.

 

[patdog]

Anyone who has actually looked at crime statistics would easily come to that conclusion.

 

[Palos verdes]

Anyone who has actually looked at crime statistics would easily come to that conclusion.

Well I guess we're all good then..