I beg to differ. Look what it has done to this board- the divisions created and valuable time being committed to battling it out. If Crystal's interview made even one person not call in a report of a suspicious neighbor because they made an assumption based on her accusations, I would think that would interfere.
If LE's resources were being burdened by unrelated tips on Ron's(if he's not responsible)personal activities, that would burden manpower available for following up on other more useful tips.
The airing of dirty laundry tends to stiffen the divide, divert attention, create a defensive posturing of possibly innocent people, and could cloud more obvious suspects, like SO's.
If it is someone outside of the family, either scenario, and a million others could be LE's worst nightmare, IMHO.