The dogs only raise suspicion they do not prove a body was there.
Correct, Rose. However, in this case, there are several humans (including the defendant's own mother as well as seasoned detectives) and
three separate, trained cadaver dogs (one which hit on the trunk and the spots in the yard; a second which alerted to the same yard spots; and a third which confirmed the first dog's trunk hit, IIRC).
Wouldn't you concede that there's an
extremely strong possibility that the combined perception of so many people and so many dogs is going to turn out to have been correct? Or do you believe it's just as (or more?) likely that all the humans and all the dogs -- every single one of them -- are wrong about the odor being that of decomp?
Personally, I feel it's very unlikely for all the humans and dogs to be mistaken, especially given that the car had been aired out (and, IMO, possibly even cleaned to some degree since the GPs may not have known the significance until late that evening). Yet, LE and the dogs could clearly detect the odor, even with the passage of a little more time.
My common sense tells me that since it wasn't just one person's opinion or a single dog's alerting, it's a virtual certainty the testing will bear out that what was detected was, in fact, decomp -- and what else would cause that
other than a body? Could it be from some as-yet-unknown deceased person's body? Well, technically, yes...but given the totality of what we know thus far, including that Caylee is the only person in this case to have been reported missing, how likely is that?
I'd respectfully say that it's not lowering the bar of justice nor unreasonable for those who believe the testing will bear out decomp to assume the premise and the source thereof for purposes of discussion here (as opposed to the concept of IUPG and proof BARD in a court of law). Like you, I certainly don't
want to think Caylee is gone, but at this point, I sadly can't see it any other way.