The son said to her.

I know my dad is dead.

And that was within days after Jamie Ed went missing.

I've got a six-year-old now, and I look at her and I say,

there's no way you're going to say something like that to me unless you have a reason you're saying it. Kids are smart. Maybe, you know, I've seen dad run into the wood. But the only thing that's mentioned is, grandma, I know I'm not going to see my dad again because my dad's dead. Why are we keeping his family from those kids? It's almost like you have two roads to go down, but everything brings you back to the two roads,

and they're always the same road.

On July 3rd, 2020, 38-year-old Jamie Lucas was riding his motorcycle near Outing, Minnesota.

According to official reports, a deputy recognized Jamie and knew he didn't have a valid

license, which is what sparked a pursuit. But Jamie's family was told something different,

that an anonymous call came in, leading deputies to pursue Jamie. Either way, several deputies

from the Cass County Sheriff's Office began chasing Jamie, who turned onto a dirt road.

Police reports state that the pursuit ended when Jamie ditched his motorcycle and ran into the woods.

One deputy drew his weapon and ordered Jamie to stop, but he kept going, banishing into the dense underbrush.

From that moment forward, no one ever saw Jamie Lucas again.

More than five years have passed since that night,

and Jamie's family believes that far too little has been done to find him.

They also question why a high-speed chase was initiated at all,

especially over something as minor as a suspended license.

Nationwide, pursuits like these have drawn heavy criticism for being unnecessarily dangerous, frequently ending in crashes that cause

injuries and even deaths, not only to suspects, but also to officers and innocent bystanders.

For Jamie's loved ones, the circumstances of that night remain unsettling.

They can't shake the uneasy feeling that the very agency in charge of finding him was also the

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