oceanblueeyes
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I don't think the minor charges get dropped. If anything, they are a reason to hold him in custody and gain more time for the investigation of the murders - to make sure everything is in place before formal charges of murder are made. LE is in good position, imo.
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ITA! And we have seen this play out before in other murder cases when they have someone they believe may be the suspect in a homicide or homicides. It is an ideal situation for LE to have the POI in jail on other charges. It gives them much more valuable time to gather more evidence concerning the murder/s.
LE has him right where they want him. He is locked up and off the streets so they aren't worried about him striking again.
LE in the Guy Heinz Jr. mass murder case when he murdered 8 family members did the very same thing to him. He was arrested for having a drug in his possession that he had no legal right to have. In fact it belonged to one of his murder victims. During this time the GBI fast tracked the DNA evidence to the FBI. He bonded out that day and as soon as he walked out of the courthouse they arrested him for the mass murders of his family. They had warrants out on Jesse Matthews too for other charges but they knew all along he was the suspect in the murder of Hannah Graham.
This gives them valuable time to hold a suspect or POI in jail on other charges before they bring murder charges against them.
I have noticed in several cases/states recently other LE is using this same strategy which is a good one, imo. Not every murderer commits crimes before they murder someone/s, but a lot of them do, and many are caught when they were arrested for another crime.
IMO