We have obtained a copy of the Runaway Juvenile Missing Person Report in the Macin Smith case. Saint George Police Department responded to our Government Records Access Management Act (GRAMA) request. The document is a 5-page redacted pdf costing $2.00. We reviewed the information in an effort to better understand the investigation.
Like many in the public, we have serious concerns about the validity of the police investigation. How is it that this case has been allowed to go cold? Why are so many interested in sweeping this case under the rug? Some say fear and intimidation has caused the public to remain quiet. What’s with “Macin’s Army Facebook Group” rarely mentioning Macin Smith? If that doesn’t raise suspicion nothing will. Why were investigators so slow to suspect the parents? How could it take 6-days to find a suicide note? That’s got to be a record. Then there’s the timeline that clearly doesn’t add up…
We noticed a number of misspellings in the initial police report and subsequent investigation narrative. For example, the word “juvenile” is misspelled in one instance, “Smith” in another, Darrin Smith’s first name is misspelled in three. That’s three out of seven mentions or 42.8% of the time. Who’s counting right? Since Darrin Smith is the complainant and father of the missing juvenile, it seems St. George Police would want to get his name correct. Errors such as these, may seem insignificant at first, but they reinforce suspicions that the St. George Police Department bungled the investigation from the start. The only way this case is going to be solved is for people like us to begin to ask questions.