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Residents press Aransas Pass for apology and better communication after release of long-running missing-persons files
Summary
Multiple residents told the council that recent geoforensic disclosures about a decades-old disappearance are insufficient without formal apologies and sustained victim notifications; they called on the police department to pursue viable leads and comply with the Texas Crime Victims' Bill of Rights.
At the council's public-comment period, two residents asked the city and the Aransas Pass Police Department to do more than release files in the decades-old Roberson/Robinson disappearance.
Kathleen Holland told the council she appreciated the APPD's release of geoforensic results but said the family had not yet received full case files as expected and that "a transfer of information is not a transfer of responsibility." She pressed the department and Chief Perkins to pursue viable leads and to provide the legally required notifications under the…
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