Why would the conservative officer that took RA’s statement wait 5 and a half years to make up lies about what RA told him?
It’s a head scratcher
He wouldn’t. The simplest and mostly likely answer is that in the first few days, the small town LE was overwhelmed by tips, and the chaos caused tips to get buried in the information overload. Common human mistakes - not conspiracy.Why would the conservative officer that took RA’s statement wait 5 and a half years to make up lies about what RA told him?
It’s a head scratcher
Equally as perplexing is why he'd let it go on so long without saying, "Hey, guys....that photo you put up of 'BG?'...that's Richard Whitehead...I mean Allen..."...I talked to him face to face....
IMO MOO
We will find out at trial what happened but RA was likely a very convincing liar as he fooled the woman he lived with for years that he wasn’t a child murderer.
Also this was before the Photo was released so there was no visible identification as he took his statement. So he was simply a witness on the trail who appeared helpful.
Moo
We will find out at trial what happened but RA was likely a very convincing liar as he fooled the woman he lived with for years that he wasn’t a child murderer.
Also this was before the Photo was released so there was no visible identification as he took his statement. So he was simply a witness on the trail who appeared helpful.
Moo
Photo was released on February 15th. Presser where Dulin was up on stage with all the other guys was February 22nd. Why didn't he speak up and say, "Hey, that's the guy I talked to who said he was there!"
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I have a possible answer for that. Subconscious bias. We all have it, it often goes unchecked. Otherwise it would be conscious bias or counter-measures to overcome conscious bias. It was an overwhelming investigation, farmed out. (Just saw in another trial how LE from another county was brought in for canvassing, to gather useful cctv, and report if they found any. Singular task, then back to their regular jobs, never to know how or whether the State would use that information, until trial.) DD was likely called on to respond to witness leads. While local LEOs focused more on the criminal aspect and waited on leads from guys like DD. DD thought his lead was the three girls for possible followup.Photo was released on February 15th. Presser where Dulin was up on stage with all the other guys was February 22nd. Why didn't he speak up and say, "Hey, that's the guy I talked to who said he was there!"
IMO MOO
I have a possible answer for that. Subconscious bias. We all have it, it often goes unchecked. Otherwise it would be conscious bias or counter-measures to overcome conscious bias. It was an overwhelming investigation, farmed out. (Just saw in another trial how LE from another county was brought in for canvassing, to gather useful cctv, and report if they found any. Singular task, then back to their regular jobs, never to know how or whether the State would use that information, until trial.) DD was likely called on to respond to witness leads. While local LEOs focused more on the criminal aspect and waited on leads from guys like DD. DD thought his lead was the three girls for possible followup.
If I ask you to go outside and check the weather, which you do, and when you return to me, I ask how many squirrels you saw, you'd likely say, "I don't know. I wasn't looking for squirrels".
DD, IMO, was tasked with developing witness leads. Who all was near the bridge who may have seen something.
He friend-zoned RA IMO. Subconsciously. Same side of the table, trying to think of who was there that day that might have seen something. RA provided a lead (the three girls) and I think it locked in his subconscious that way.
If anything, once those three (four) girls were interviewed, DD -- who may well have returned to his day job -- probably felt his lead had been developed.
Why he didn't associate that lead with the video, I'd say case study in how our brains involuntarily compartmentalize information. If RA came from work in a CVS uniform, even more the mind makes judgments. Witnessed the group of girls (a possible lead), said he never saw Abby and Libby (no lead there), just a helper. Thank you, Rick, that's helpful. LE will follow up on the group of girls....
I hope that NOW part of managing ANY tipped-in leads and canvassing for witnesses includes instructions to be on the look out for SUSPECTS, inserting themselves into investigations under the auspices of being helpful.
I hope we hear from DD eventually, to hear how HE thinks he failed to make the connection.
JMO
Equally as perplexing is why he'd let it go on so long without saying, "Hey, guys....that photo you put up of 'BG?'...that's Richard Whitehead...I mean Allen..."...I talked to him face to face....
IMO MOO
Great post @Megnut. Adding to this, that pesky little thing called real life. It was mentioned in an old interview with Riley or TL that what’s forgotten is that LE also had their own real life events happening during the investigation. Births, deaths, illnesses, kids, spouses, parents, etc. to deal with. They are human beings.I have a possible answer for that. Subconscious bias. We all have it, it often goes unchecked. Otherwise it would be conscious bias or counter-measures to overcome conscious bias. It was an overwhelming investigation, farmed out. (Just saw in another trial how LE from another county was brought in for canvassing, to gather useful cctv, and report if they found any. Singular task, then back to their regular jobs, never to know how or whether the State would use that information, until trial.) DD was likely called on to respond to witness leads. While local LEOs focused more on the criminal aspect and waited on leads from guys like DD. DD thought his lead was the three girls for possible followup.
If I ask you to go outside and check the weather, which you do, and when you return to me, I ask how many squirrels you saw, you'd likely say, "I don't know. I wasn't looking for squirrels".
DD, IMO, was tasked with developing witness leads. Who all was near the bridge who may have seen something.
He friend-zoned RA IMO. Subconsciously. Same side of the table, trying to think of who was there that day that might have seen something. RA provided a lead (the three girls) and I think it locked in his subconscious that way.
If anything, once those three (four) girls were interviewed, DD -- who may well have returned to his day job -- probably felt his lead had been developed.
Why he didn't associate that lead with the video, I'd say case study in how our brains involuntarily compartmentalize information. If RA came from work in a CVS uniform, even more the mind makes judgments. Witnessed the group of girls (a possible lead), said he never saw Abby and Libby (no lead there), just a helper. Thank you, Rick, that's helpful. LE will follow up on the group of girls....
I hope that NOW part of managing ANY tipped-in leads and canvassing for witnesses includes instructions to be on the look out for SUSPECTS, inserting themselves into investigations under the auspices of being helpful.
I hope we hear from DD eventually, to hear how HE thinks he failed to make the connection.
JMO
And the video unfortunately hasn't good quality enough to make possible to identify clearly a person in my opinion. His co-workers, friends, etc also didn't recognize him apparently. Probably when DD talked to RA he isn't even aware of the timeline. There appears to have been a miscommunication between the many agencies and officers.I have a possible answer for that. Subconscious bias. We all have it, it often goes unchecked. Otherwise it would be conscious bias or counter-measures to overcome conscious bias. It was an overwhelming investigation, farmed out. (Just saw in another trial how LE from another county was brought in for canvassing, to gather useful cctv, and report if they found any. Singular task, then back to their regular jobs, never to know how or whether the State would use that information, until trial.) DD was likely called on to respond to witness leads. While local LEOs focused more on the criminal aspect and waited on leads from guys like DD. DD thought his lead was the three girls for possible followup.
If I ask you to go outside and check the weather, which you do, and when you return to me, I ask how many squirrels you saw, you'd likely say, "I don't know. I wasn't looking for squirrels".
DD, IMO, was tasked with developing witness leads. Who all was near the bridge who may have seen something.
He friend-zoned RA IMO. Subconsciously. Same side of the table, trying to think of who was there that day that might have seen something. RA provided a lead (the three girls) and I think it locked in his subconscious that way.
If anything, once those three (four) girls were interviewed, DD -- who may well have returned to his day job -- probably felt his lead had been developed.
Why he didn't associate that lead with the video, I'd say case study in how our brains involuntarily compartmentalize information. If RA came from work in a CVS uniform, even more the mind makes judgments. Witnessed the group of girls (a possible lead), said he never saw Abby and Libby (no lead there), just a helper. Thank you, Rick, that's helpful. LE will follow up on the group of girls....
I hope that NOW part of managing ANY tipping leads and canvassing for witnesses includes instructions to be on the look out for SUSPECTS, inserting themselves into investigations under the auspices of being helpful.
I hope we hear from DD eventually, to hear how HE thinks he failed to make the connection.
JMO
My mind goes to BH, with the staging of the crime scene. Almost like defense is now helping with that frame job… It has occurred to me that If BH had been arrested, I wonder if defense would say that very thing… he’s being framed; LE (including Click) knows it was staged to look like Odinism.If you was legitimately going to frame anybody it would be a person like KAK who has history and wouldn’t raise many flags imo
Possibly so. Also could have looked like most every local man he spoke to, in common blue jeans and a hat, with a local accent. Perhaps a conservation officer is not trained in homicide investigation. It was “all hands on deck”, just talking to witnesses.Good answer .
Another reason is that the image known as BG looked nothing like RA to him, so he didn't think to speak up about it.
IMO MOO
I wonder if RA sounded like BG from Libby's recording? She recorded BG saying "Guys...down the hill". Did LE make RA say "Guys, down the hill" and record him saying it? Does RA saying "Guys, down the hill" sound like Libby's recording of BG? I recall hearing nothing about this.Good answer .
Another reason is that the image known as BG looked nothing like RA to him, so he didn't think to speak up about it.
IMO MOO
Or RL (dead), PE, (dead), Chadwell, DN, or even one of the odinists, especially the one with a capacity mental of a child (EF), etc. So many possibilities.If you was legitimately going to frame anybody it would be a person like KAK who has history and wouldn’t raise many flags imo
Or RL (dead), PE, (dead), Chadwell, DN, or even one of the odinists, especially the one with a capacity mental of a child (EF), etc. So many possibilities.
I wish we could hear RA's phone confessions. For content and context, of course. But also to hear his voice, for comparison's sake.I wonder if RA sounded like BG from Libby's recording? She recorded BG saying "Guys...down the hill". Did LE make RA say "Guys, down the hill" and record him saying it? Does RA saying "Guys, down the hill" sound like Libby's recording of BG? I recall hearing nothing about this.