Missing people from my FB friend's families Joseph Helt

Missing people from my FB friend's families

Joseph Helt

There were no tire tracks or foot prints around where the three claimed that the car got stuck. This is even verified by the statements given by NYS DEC officials. Even back in 1987 one of them publically stated that he had doubts about the story told by the three (here is a link where you can read all of the original 1987 news articles: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1848765859457.111570.1250022293&type=3). Within these articles you’ll also see the complete disregard showed by the officials running the search & rescue. (ie: statements such as “What we’ll do periodically is check along the roads and whatever opens up first in the spring. It’ll be a very informal type of search.”-statement by DEC Ranger LaRow) And three months after Joe disappeared, the NYS DEC put a 3 dog search team out on a 1 mile sq area for just 2 days, after which they proclaimed “We found no evidence, no clues. I’m not putting anyone else into the woods. We feel at this point we’re not going to continue any other organized searches,.”-statement by DEC Ranger Ovitt. COMPLETE disregard for Joe! 4 days after the initial search began, the police ALL pulled out of the search efforts and the Village of Ellenville Chief of Police George Sheeley made the decision to seek the demolition of the burned out ski lodge that the kids were partying in (the last known location where Joe was). Without searching the area, 6 months after Joe disappeared Sheeley had the Town building inspector work with the Cragsmoor Fire Dept to burn the building to the ground!!! (you can read all about this in the 1987 news articles).

Those of us who knew and loved Joe have lived 25 years with this frustration and anguish. Everywhere we turn we get another door shut. But we’re going to keep going until we find Joe and give him a proper burial. Someone, somewhere will step up and help us!!!