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Navywife


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A Must Read For Everyone... Outpost For Hope and the Ashley Phillips Case
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I am aware that many people out there have, or have a family member or friend, that has issues.  Issues with drugs, alcohol, mental illness.  It affects all of us, even me.  What I was not aware of, until I stumbled across an amazing woman and her amazing journey, is that there are very few laws, resources, or help of any kind when these issues of drugs, alcohol, and mental illness cause our missing ADULT friends and family members to vanish.  There all kinds of resources out there for missing kids... but missing adults is different.  An adults right to privacy oftentimes overrides everything.  And if your missing adult family member or friend has the unfortunate addict or mental illness attached to them, then oftentimes, law enforcement will not actively investigate their disappearences... even if there is concern and fear for the personal safety of the missing adult.

Such is the case of Ashley Phillips... a missing adult with mental illness, on top of drug addiction.  Law enforcement did not start actively investigating her disappearence until she had been missing for 4 yrs.. and that was only because they were forced too under the pressure of family, friends, and politicians.  Ashley's sister, Libba Phillips, has created Outpost For Hope, the ONLY organization out there that is a voice for missing adults who's disappearences aren't being investigated because of stupid lables that law enforcement has put on them.  PLEASE READ about Ashley's case, and the organization created out of the search for Ashley.  It might help some of you out there who are wondering where to turn when you can't turn to law enforcement.

http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Missing-Missing-Adult---The-Search-For-Ashley-Phillips&id=3898796



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Time for me to be to be the Devil's Advocate. Oh,the hate.

While there is a legitemate need for social services to investigate cases of missing persons,there is also something to be said for the adult who chooses for whatever reason to remove themselves from the lives of people for reasons of safety,security or reasons we might not even know. I think many times people forget that noone can see what another person is really thinking,feeling,doing or possibly having had done to them. It's the "walk a mile in my shoes" thing. Luckily,I've had a good life and have never had to hide from my family,never have removed any of them from my life or moved and never walked away from everything and never contacted anyone.

Having said that,someone going missing under suspicious circumstances is a different story and a disabled individual gone missing is yet another story. While I applaud the efforts of anyone who has to fight to help a loved one that has gone missing,every case has to be looked at on an individual basis. It might not be what it looks like.



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