Another thing that is bothering me (aside from EVERYTHING about this):
It was mentioned earlier that eye color would deteriorate rapidly in the water, I believe the time line given was about 3 days.
LE was able to pinpoint his eye color as brown.
They were able to note that his ears were not pierced, and recreate his hair style. So there was decomp, but it couldn't have been so advanced that they couldn't get these details.
But LE also says they estimate he was in the water 1-2 weeks.
In the water, in the summer, in a lagoon filled with life. Lots of fish. Lots of turtles, likely painted and snappers.
...sigh...
I would think he'd be in much worse shape, decomp wise, after 1-2 weeks.
Maybe the CPD is trying to throw a perp off? Or maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. It just doesn't sit right with me.
(the latter being much more likely)