This is no big issue -- I just don't get it:
Police said Sunday that an “America's Most Wanted” television show segment about a missing Indiana University student generated numerous tips, but so far none of them have led to major breakthroughs.
Lauren Spierer was last seen walking home alone from a friend's apartment early June 3, a few hours after she left a popular Bloomington bar. The case of the missing 20-year-old student from Greenburgh, N.Y., was featured Saturday on “America's Most Wanted.”
Isn't the value of a show like AMW in getting tips that help spot people -- either the missing or fugitives -- who might be anywhere in the country? The Lauren Spierer story is all local, with any witnesses and "persons of interest" still in the Bloomington area. What's the point of having nationwide exposure? Are people more likely to call in with a tip just because the whole incident has now become famours?
