We have a confession, BUT no body. DANGER AHEAD
Can we assume, that Pedro made incriminating statement tying him to Etan? It Can't be how he murdered him, because we can't corroborate his statement to a BODY!
Assume, then, that he knew about Etan school-ware, book bag,nobody marks, all,or some of this type of info? SHAKEY Evidence.
RE garbage strike in NYC at that time? Good reason for folks not to notice odor or even LOOK at garbage mounds!
Just a few thought to throw out.
Well we do not corroborate any statements - LE does.
If the fact that Etan has not and possibly will not be found - then an arrest and conviction could never happen - if finding the victim is necessary. If that were the case - no one would ever be convicted of a murder without the victim being found. And this is not true.
Say for instance - Etan did have a bookbag with small elephant print that he usually carried to school. On the day he went missing he carried a different bookbag - one with small
bears print. The person who harmed Etan would not only have disposed of Etan - but his belongings. While it has only been reported that Etan carried an elephant print bookbag - perhaps while interviewing a person LE would ask what did you do with his belongings ? The person might say - I took his bookbag which had small
bears on it and did such and such with it.
Of course this would not be all evidence - this is one example of things released to public - and things only the perp would know. That is why the belongings of Etan are important. Also the perp might have actually kept some of the belongings. The investigation is far from over - perhaps LE will search other places - not only the Maple Shade home. What if Pedro disclosed that he never threw away the belongings - but did not keep them at his home. What if LE cannot recover Etan himself - but can recover the belongings - based on statements of Perdo? Or Etan's belongings have been in Pedro's possession for 33 years ?
LE has stated that they are obtaining both private garbage collection and Department Of Sanitation records from the time surrounding Etan's disappearance.
LE is investigating thouroghly - the media reports are conflicting - and they are not from public record - the confession has not been made public. The next hearing on this case is June 25.
I am not assuming anything - Pedro has been charged with the murder of Etan.
Therefore he is more than a person of interest. Pedro may be found not guilty - this is a possibility yes. But it is not nothing. If anything is shakey - it is the media coverage of this case.