I have not seen anyone (including myself) accuse the date of anything, so not sure why even the comparison to Mickey. JMO
No, LE hasn't implicated HE's date. But whoever that is was the last known person with her. Just like in MS's case regarding her male friend. LE cleared him as well from the getgo. Regardless, peeps still suspected him.
If you're addressing my post, I was thinking in general terms of "most likely". For example, in HE's case, RSO possibly. MS's case is a good case to keep in mind because there aren't many cases that have been solved recently.
Like Kelli Bordeaux's unsolved case who unbeknownst to her took a ride from an RSO(ped case).
Everyone assumes he's the perp because logically why wouldn't he be? But, as you study the case, the plot thickens imo.
One of the first statistics I learned when joining WS, was that usually the perp is someone the victim knows and that LE works inward going outward.
The few cases I've followed that have solved, Jessica R., Mickey S., and the young wife in WA? who gave her neighbor a ride - sorry can't recall her name because the case was solved quickly. She knew her killer (neighbor) but it wasn't her husband as he, if going by statistics, would be the number one suspect. After several cases, I've been fighting the tendency to lock into logical conclusions of what seems the most likely isn't always so.
It's just so darn frustrating to know so much about so many cases that aren't able to bring answers and justice to the victims and their families.
One thing, in MS's case, LE tried their best to communicate with the public in the beginning. Everyone wanted more but LE was onto something and found out what happened. No one could have known it was that guy from what knowledge we had. That's some of the best police work imo and it didn't take them ten or twenty fricken years! Jessica R's case let us in on some pretty impressive LE work too imo. We only know that though because LE solved the case.