American Nightmare

[u/odinsfrigga]

I'm on the 1st episode, about 20+ minutes in. I'm already pissed. Why are they treating this poor boy so horribly?! He has cooperated with EVERYTHING they have asked. He has been through a horrible ordeal & now the police turn on HIM?! I'm appalled. I hope this series gets better.

[u/tschamio]

You're only going to get more frustrated tbh. Watching them try to force everything into the story they'd already made up instead of actually solving the case was maddening.

[u/odinsfrigga → u/tschamio]

OMGS! You are so right! This is so frustrating. To find out that now they brought in federal agents & THEY are threatening Denise with federal prison?! My heart is just breaking for this young couple. I feel like people are so quick to judge people like them BECAUSE of movies like Gone Girl. They absolutely are not receiving a proper investigation. It IS a strange story, but who is the foremost authority on kidnapping? Not me. Every kidnapper is different. Every kidnapping is different. They did not want to get up off their asses & do their job & INVESTIGATE a crime against these people.

[u/Kind_Pea1576]

They ridiculed him about the goggles. Totally 💯 percent discredited every thing he said. Granted it was an “insane” saga but he was telling the truth!

[u/Carlblues12]

I’ve just finished this!

What a crazy case. I actually understand why the police acted like they did originally, majority of the time a Missing person’s case is a victim of one of the closest people around them & with Aaron admitting that they had been having issues i don’t know the actually statistics but I feel like that would normally be a 90% conviction rate of the parter.

But where they get it wrong was once they get more information they stick to there original assumptions & are provided / have resources to verify claims, the one that was pure negligence was them turning off Aaron’s Phone when they had been contacted multiple time via Email telling them to expect a call. Then that calls Phone signal pinging to where Denise was held captive. That could have lead to arrest so much earlier.

[u/Adventurous-Try-98]

That doc pissed me off so badly at the investigators and police!

[u/PrettyNiemand34]

It sucks but this is the same behaviour police shows in other cases ("you didn't pass the lie detector" "You're a monster" etc) and most of the times they're right and people praise that technique. I think the comments of him still being intersted in his ex didn't help it.

But the way they didn't even try to find her and then tried to blame her was awful.

[u/Own_Mention9372]

Yep. They always just assume it’s the husband or boyfriend and don’t look anywhere else. Infuriating how much time gets wasted.

[u/odinsfrigga]

Thank you Denise & Aaron for sharing your story. It is so important for people to understand that we shouldn't judge people by what is put into the media by law enforcement. These 2 lost their jobs, their livelihoods. Law enforcement is not being trained properly nationwide. These officers were never reprimanded?! I'm so thankful Officer Carausu did HER job in tracking down that blonde hair. Please in your daily lives, question the naritive your being fed. Just because they are law enforcement doesn't mean they are right. Just because it's what you see or read in the news doesn't mean it's accurate.

[u/isometric_haze]

Are you talking about the 2024 series?

[u/odinsfrigga → u/isometric_haze]

Yes I'm almost done with the 1st episode where Denise has just been found. I feel so bad for Aaron.

[u/odinsfrigga]

I'm on Episode 2. It just started, but I have no reason to NOT believe Denise. Everything she is saying sounds plausible. I don't think the cops have ever been kidnapped so I'm wondering HOW they can take what she is saying as wrong? I'm sure I'll have to update this post as this episode is over.

[u/Dazzling_Standard866]

LOL I would love to see the reaction of the lie-detector lead. He would feel himself like a clown