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What withheld information, critical to the investigation, do you think should have been released to the public such that it would have solved the crime?
otto, it is impossible to know what critical info was withheld by investigators, or whether it would have solved the crime if known. It is an unknown..
As we all know, the awareness of abductions and missing persons by the majority of the American public has grown leaps and bounds in the last decade or two for a multitude of reasons.
As someone alluded too earlier, it is not about satisfying the public's curiosity. It is about a very concerned community wanting desperately to help in any way they could. Over 900 people showed up on 07/15/2012 to help in the search for L & L. Their only motives were to help bring the victims home safely, identify the suspect/s, and then bring them to justice.
Media management by law enforcement in high profile abduction/missing persons investigations is critical. The ms media is a very effective tool if utilized properly. When the response by LE/PIO to the msm questions are predominately, "I am sorry, we can't reveal that information due to it being an ongoing investigation". The case, more often than not, has an unsuccessful conclusion, from my experience and imo.
Below is one very important and critical piece of information that was withheld from the public by investigators for almost a year after L & L's abduction;
http://www.kwwl.com/story/22671327/2013/06/24/evansdale
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DCI searching for white SUV in connection with Lyric, Elizabeth
Posted: Jun 24, 2013
Authorities on Monday morning said they have three separate witnesses who say they saw a white, older-model, full-size SUV-type vehicle -- similar to a Chevy Suburban or a Ford Bronco -- parked on Arbutus Avenue on July 13.
Arbutus Avenue meets up with the bike trail near Meyers Lake, where Lyric and Elizabeth's bikes were found.
Two of the witnesses say they saw the white SUV parked between these two bike trail signs.
The other witness told police they saw the vehicle parked near the woods on the east side of the lake -- only a few hundred feet from where the bikes were found.
All of three of these individuals say they saw this SUV between the times of 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on July 13, 2012.
Authorities hope this may jog people's memory and they may get more information with this tip now out in the public.
"There (are) just a lot of reports, a lot of information to read through," said Mike Roehrkasse with the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation. "Now that there's a little bit of a lull, we are able to start pouring through those reports and make those connections."
"I think, and I hope, that this is kind of the beginning," he added.
All three of the witnesses describe the vehicle as a large and clunky white SUV.
One of the witnesses described the SUV as an old-style boxy suburban.
Two of these witnesses came forward with this information during canvassing. The other tip came in several months later because the person thought someone had already brought this up.
"The one that kind of got the ball rolling was actually several months later. They didn't know if it would be important and that's kind of what we want to stress to the public is any piece of information can be important," said Roehrkasse.
Authorities want people to remember that, no matter the size or significance of the tip, it may be that key piece to the investigation.