Originally Posted by
Tricia 
Let me try and clear this up for you.
Always remember hardly anything on Websleuths is Black and White. Websleuths has lots of gray areas.
Rarely do police ever say someone is a suspect unless it is obvious like Bridge Guy.
What we have to do in certain cases is use our common sense.
Why did the police get a search warrant for RL the land owner where Abby and Libby's bodies were found?
Why did the police violate his parole? If someone could find a link verifying this. I will retract if I am incorrect.
Why was RL given over three years in prison for driving convictions?
Didn't the police say he was not cooperating? You have to wonder if there is a deal to be made with RL if he cooperates.
Is there anyone else the police are looking into that has anything close to the connection to the case like RL other than BG?
To get a search warrant for his house police needed probable cause.
As the owner of Websleuths, it is up to me to make these decisions about who can be discussed and who can't. I do so by following the Websleuths guidelines along with discussing among the mods and using common sense.
Here is another good example. The murder of Dr. Teresa Sievers.
Her husband Mark wasn't ever pointed out as a suspect until shortly before he was arrested. However, his behavior made it obvious he was hiding something. This is why early on Websleuths allowed Mark Sievers to be discussed as a suspect. Same with his friend Wayne.
We take each case on its merits.
In this case, because the police had probable cause for a search warrant members can sleuth RL ONLY. Not his family, not his friends. Also, we have stated over and over no one is saying he is guilty. If someone calls him a murderer please alert and we will remove.
So when a member feels like a guy that used to date Abby or Libby's mom kind of looks like BG and wants to sleuth him we say absolutely not.
RL owned the land the bodies were found on. We did not allow sleuthing him at this point at all. It was only when the police served the search warrant did we allow members to sleuth.
Police have said he is not a suspect. They said this before, during, and after the search warrant of RL's home.
You have to use common sense and go by what police have done in the past to make these decisions.
One more thing, we only allow the initials of RL. Why? So when someone Googles his name Websleuths won't come up.
However, you go to all the other sites on the Internet, and they are tearing RL apart, using his real name and sleuthing God knows what about his past.
At Websleuths we do our best to balance between letting you discuss and being sensitive to people's situations.
You will not find any other forum on the Internet that works harder than we do to be as fair as possible.
Remember, if it too much for you and you feel it's wrong no one is forcing you to stay.
Thank you,
Tricia
Thanks Tricia
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