Dear Governor Hassan, My name is Ruben Hernandez, and I am Abigails father. I would like to thank you for posting Abbys Missing Person information on your Facebook page, and for keeping it there for as long as you have. I would also like to thank the Law Enforcement agencies, as well as all the other agencies for their hard work and dedication in trying to find Abby. I am amazed at how quickly they all went into action, the day after she went missing. My gratitude extends to everybody who spent his or her time and resources to the effort. I could not be more grateful for all of the hard work in trying to find Abby, but there still remains something very important, and possibly very effective that can be done. And that is to issue an AMBER Alert. I have been getting resistance from Law Enforcement in trying to get them to issue the alert, for reasons that I and many others cannot comprehend. The resistance is as follows: According to FBI Special Agent Kieran Ramsey: “We don’t have any piece of evidence describing an individual or a vehicle,” Senior Associate Attorney General Jane Young stated: “It doesn’t meet the Amber Alert rule at all; we don’t have any direction like that to go in at all”. Daymond Steer of the Conway Daily Sun wrote in the Friday November 8 Edition on page 8: “Conway Police Lieutenant Chris Perley said that he didn’t think that an Amber Alert system would be effective at this point.” I do not understand what the Lieutenant meant by his statement. At what point would an AMBER Alert system not be effective when any child goes missing for whatever reason? On page 3 of the Tuesday November 19 Conway Daily Sun, Daymond Steer quoted Lieutenant Perley: “People should also remember that law enforcement and community members are doing their best to bring Hernandez home safely.” “If something tragic happens in our community, kids should feel confident knowing that the police department will do anything and everything, spare no expense and leave no stone unturned to find you.” I am very grateful to the Lieutenant for his statement, as well as his time and efforts, but there still remains a very big stone left unturned. Abby did not vanish into thin air, nor did she just walk away. Although it appears that she had walked home on numerous occasions instead of taking the school bus home, like she was supposed to be doing. But thats a topic for a later discussion. Maybe they don’t have any “piece of evidence describing an individual, or a vehicle”, as Agent Ramsey stated, but think about it; there had to be. Union Leader Correspondent Dan Seufert wrote in the November 6 article “Father of Abigail Hernandez makes plea for Amber Alert”: “Ruben Hernandez issued a statement Wednesday saying that by his reading of federal law, law enforcement should use a section of the federal law for Amber Alerts that says ‘each case must be appraised on its own merits and a judgment call made quickly’.” He quoted me as saying: “Abby’s disappearance has met most of the ‘recommended’ criteria,” “Since we are now approaching a month since she went missing I am urging law enforcement to take action, and issue the Amber Alert,” he wrote. “I strongly feel the it is well past time for law enforcement to use its ‘best judgment’ and make the call.” He also wrote: “But investigators say they are going by New Hampshire’s Amber Alert law, which has strict criteria. One requires that authorities have enough descriptive information about the child, abductor, and/or suspect’s vehicle to believe an immediate alert will help.” “Authorities don’t have any details suggesting an abductor or a car involved.” If I understand this correctly it appears that since the Investigators are going by New Hampshire’s Amber law that they are assuming that Abby is still in the State. We do not know if that’s the case. We must consider the possibility that just because an abductor cannot be identified doesn’t mean that one did not occur. And that abductors can always change vehicles. The argument has been that Abby does not meet the AMBER Alert criteria. But the guideline clearly states that the criteria are “recommendations”. Its well past time to consider the possibility that Abby is in grave danger, and desperately needs our help. It’s time to do as Lieutenant Perley said:”anything and everything, spare no expense.” Abby’s life could depend on it. So I am making my appeal to you. Please Governor Hassan, I am pleading with you to urge law enforcement to issue an AMBER Alert. Thank you. Sincerely, Ruben Hernandez
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:51:39 +0000
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