No one is universally liked. Some famous people are liked too much by fans to the point of obsession. It could be about money only. Some mentally ill weirdo could have felt slighted about something. It doesn’t take much imagination of come up with scenarios.
My money’s on a worker - yard guy, house cleaner, or home health care aide (or their spouse), delivery person, repairman, electrician - someone who’s familiar enough with her to know her daughter is a big TV star and thinks the daughter must be rolling in dough.
Yes, and consistent with that there is an entire cult of conspiracy theorists who believe, for example, that liberal elites (including such “liked and personable” media personalities) are secretly devouring children to stay young.
Not all of them are mentally ill. Some of them are just shitty people.
Savannah did ding Trump in a town hall about retweeting something he knew was false.
He never forgets or forgives.
So she has said political things. Not vociferously because does have a sweet countenance.
I don’t really think this has anything to do with the kidnapping. Just sayin’
Sometimes it’s a little random. A kidnapper picks a victim from the people they can reach and have heard of. 
If one person took another person, and subsequently kills that person, and there were no witnesses, there will be nobody to claim that money. You can raise the reward to $10 million and even that will not magically produce a witness that never existed in the first place.
Well yeah but there are obviously numerous other scenarios where a someone who knows something will speak to them.
Not necessarily. In fact, a reward that high can backfire horribly if there are no real witnesses to the crime. False hits, false hopes, time wasted, resources wasted etc.
I’m sure that you have more experience in this than law enforcement for you to speak with such authority. I imagine that they are out of leads so this long shot is worth it.
Have those that are investigating indicated that they might be able to do more if it weren’t for the lack of funding?
This isn’t really funding the investigation because the funding of the investigation comes from the government and the reward, in this case, is coming from the family. We, correctly, aren’t being given all of the information so they aren’t indicating anything. Rewards have worked in the past so it’s worth a try. It costs nothing if it doesn’t work.
I believe I have already stated the possible cost in time, resources and false hope if things don’t pan out.
I wonder if the reward now exceeds the amount of the ransom demand.
Over the weekend I saw a Nancy Guthrie billboard in the San Gabriel Valley (500 miles from Tucson)
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This is out of line. None of us here are the detectives working this case (at least, I assume we’re not), and yet all of us have things to say here. Further, @Czarcasm wasn’t speaking “with such authority”: His post contained phrases like “not necessarily” and “can”. Cool it.
My dad worked in upper management at a food company; one time he was contacted by the ATF because one of the company’s jars had been used to make an incendiary device, and they wanted to find out if the production code on the jar could be used to trace it to the store where it was purchased.
Is there some database that lists, for example, common backpacks, shoes, jackets, etc.?
Or are the authorities simply Googling these items to identify them?
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I have seen reporting on cases where the police tracked a purchase to a store and retrieved video of the suspects at the register.
Police do attempt to find where evidence was purchased. I’ve seen news that Walmart is trying to help with the backpack and clothes purchase, that was used in the Nancy Guthrie case. Imho it’s a long shot, but worth trying.
It’s even more difficult because the items aren’t in evidence. The police are using what they see in a video.
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They are really good at putting in the effort…when it comes to high profile cases that involve a media presence.