Ransom
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If I'm not mistaken (and hey, I totally could be), the dogs they brought in were cross trained in both trailing and HRD. IIRC they also said that they brought in 4 dogs early on, given that the team is only 6 strong, that pretty much confirms that there were HRD dogs on site. If a dept. has HRD dogs available to them, it is pretty much standard procedure to bring them out in these situations, just to check and eliminate that theory. Same reason they went into the house with evidence kits. They were there to check for all possibilities, not necessarily because they had any reason to believe that was the case. It's just a matter of covering all the bases.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=168066&highlight=Cardoza&page=11
Post 255 has the live video of Cardoza and a transcript
What type of dog is this? Is it search or is it a recovery dog?
Sgt. Jose Cardoza: The K9 dogs are both human remain dogs and specific detection dogs.