desert-blue
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Why give the parents 4 polygraphs? Does this give them every chance to pass? I dont agree that LE knew early on the parents were involved. Furthermore, and this is just my opinion, the public right to know that potentially dangerous people were out and about makes me less than a Bowerman supporter. The parents were solid.. bla bla..They are only POI because they were there bla bla. 3 weeks for the FBI to come in...I could go either way on this. Why would I believe Bowerman now?
No arrests have been made...While I always thought the mom seemed broken- hearted and didnt know what happened I always thought one of the parents knew more. IMO, no one is going to confess to anything. A jury would absolutely weigh in on the side of a baby who wandered off and whose body has yet gone undiscovered in the wilderness. It is a very reasonable doubt. Polygraphs are nor admissible and behavior analysis is hocus pocus to most people.
Do I think the parents or at least one of them know? yes, i do. Now try to prove that to a jury with no body found, no cause of death, "witnesses" with various mental and physical impairments and a "crime scene" of thick woods, creeks, reservoirs, animals and LE who backed the family for weeks and weeks.
Anything i write is just my opinion
I think LE did have suspicion of the parents early on (not to the extent that they were completely certain, of course - that would take time and investigation). IIRC, SB scaled back the searches and redirected the investigation pretty early on (like within a week?). I really don't think that Bowerman was placing the public in danger - besides, he can't go and arrest people on the basis that he thinks they might be a danger to society. He has to do a thorough investigation and unfortunately, that takes a lot of time. If LE was able to incarcerate everyone they thought might be a danger to the public, our jails would be overflowing and our courts inundated.
I wasn't a fan of Penner saying the parents were solid either, but I think he did it for the sake of his investigation, and I've come to terms with that. I also don't think the investigation has been perfect. I think that some evidence was probably lost because of the campground not being secured early on, however, who wants to waste precious time when a toddler's life is thought to be at stake? I think this case is very strange and has been quite challenging for LE, however, I just don't think that they would come out after 7 months of silence with unsubstantiated accusations. MOO.
ETA: Changed SB to Penner since he is the one that said the parents were solid...