First Foxfire I want to apologize for the way I responded to some of your posts earlier. I do believe you are a very persistent and diligent advocate for victims of violent crimes.
In response to this post I have a question. Do you really feel that Sheriff Sills is allowing his ego to interfere with this investigation? I believe you may have previously stated as much? I admire your opinion as to GBI being the "best of the best" but I do not share that opinion. I do not believe this is a simple double homicide. I believe Sheriff Sills wants this case solved more then anything and he wants to personal flip the switch and watch those involved fry. Why wouldn't he want GBI heavily involved unless he had reason to feel that would not be in the best interest of THIS case?
Thank you for the kind words, Advocate1.. Yes, there is no other explanation except ego.. This is why many predators are enabled to continue their trails of terror for years or decades. Sheriffs, especially in the south are very protective of their jurisdictions and authority. Sheriff Sills, stated in one of his presentations that he feels that the position of sheriff will eventually become extinct, as did the dinosaurs. Sheriff Sills; a paleontology enthusiast feels that he is the T rex of Putnam County(his words not mine).
Adam Walsh Case Closed - YouTube
The primary reason that most predator & serial killer cases grow cold is perceived hypothesis and linkage blindness. This is the lack of communications between police jurisdictions.. The Adam Walsh case went cold for over two decades due to perceived hypothesis and a less than professional investigation. Dr. Steven A. Egger is a criminal justice expert. He coined the terms “less-dead” and “linkage blindness” back in the 1970s..
'An example of linkage blindness' -
Shattered - The Seven Year Search For Billy Smolinski Jr.
http://www.waterburyobserver.org/node/402
Picture the murder of Billy Smolinski as a crystal vase. Hold it in your hands. Spin it around. Now drop it on the kitchen floor and watch it shatter into a thousand pieces. Each shard of glass represents a clue into who killed Billy on August 24th, 2004. When patched together the vase reveals the gruesome truth of who murdered Billy, and why. The vase points to the spot Billy is buried in the Naugatuck Valley.
In the best of circumstances it would take a master craftsman to cobble that broken vase back together, but what if the glass is left on the floor for weeks, for months, for seven years? Glass gets kicked around into the living room, the dining room and gets jammed into the rubber soles of your shoes and is transported into the yard, into town, and across state borders. You send investigators into each room to collect glass, but shockingly they refuse to share what they gather with the other investigators. With ego and selfishness erupting all around you, what are the chances of ever getting that vase glued back together?
Welcome to the real-life investigation into the murder of Billy Smolinski Jr..