I have real questions about this 2 hour requirement Cali. I posted this from Sousa's interview:
http://websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1638058&highlight=Sousa#post1638058 post # 56
"(on if a cadaver does not have to remain at a given location for a long time in order to make the dog react)
"According to the information that I collected, that is the situation. Right after a human being stops living, as its vital functions cease, odors are set free, the body immediately enters the decomposition process, due to the various enzymes and other substances that are contained in the organism. In most cases, it takes hours or days for the body to release odor, for example, for a human being to detect. In the case of that dog, he doesn't need that amount of time,
he can detect the smell in the first moments."
I remember reading that when the dogs were first discussed. Then everyone focused on the 2 hour requirement. I also read that there could be a difference between dogs detecting children VS adults. Also, what if her body was hidden in a suitcase immediately, moved to a car, then taken somewhere far away and removed from the suitcase (hours later) and then the suitcase brought back to the apartment. Wouldn't the scent then permeate the area around where it was then stored??
Just wondering...