Yes, it's risky. IMO that's why LE have not charged the parents. You never know which way a jury is going to go. And then double jeopardy means you don't get a second chance to convict them. LE are right to take their their time and get as much evidence as possible.
Yeah. I agree that LE + FBI probably are struggling with getting enough evidence to successfully prosecute someone. I think they have determined who most likely has made him disappear but they are struggling with being able to prove it in a court of law.
The big problem now is trying to get more evidence.
I continue to remain hopeful that 1 of the 4 will come clean with LE. Since there were 4 people present at the campground I remain hopeful that sooner or later 1 of the 4 wont be able to keep living with this over their head and they will have to come clean. Maybe 1 already has and LE is working with them to document as many facts as possible.
Usually the first one to work with LE gets the best deal. I sure hope LE + FBI has begun thinking of using some sort of deal to get to the truth. I just don't want this case to end up a cold case and as much as I don't like plea deals I do think they are beneficial in cases where the alternative is a cold case. This may be that type of case.
Offer the 1 who is most likely not as involved as the others and offer them a good deal to help prosecute the others.
It gets real tricky though. In Holly Bobo's case, I think LE made a terrible mistake by offering a person a deal and LE then tried to take back the deal. That person ended up committing suicide (supposedly) and it is possible that person could have been much more involved than LE thought.
In this case though I think LE+FBI should be able to pick 1 of the 4 who is most likely not as involved as the others. I feel they should be proactive and contact them and offer some deal to help solve this case and find out what happened to the little boy and then prosecute anyone who is responsible.
I really hope this case does not go cold.
I think one of the last reports I saw talked about snow so maybe LE is waiting for the spring melt to find something important. Lets hope LE is working with 1 of the 4.
I like the Sheriff but I have to say I think he made a terrible early mistake by assuming the parents were "solid with him". He initially came out and seemed to be totally believing the parents and I think that may have hurt the case because he was not considering they could be totally lying to him.
I am not sure why he felt so strongly that the parents were being up front with him because nothing I saw gave me that feeling. What was it that the Sheriff gave them the benefit of the doubt? Even lately he seems a little reluctant to have to admit they were not truthful with him. Why is that? How could he have just taken their word for things early on?
Those types of questions I wonder about but just glad the Sheriff has come around. It took others to show him the light though.
