Log jam....sure seems so! They've lost hope and enthusiasm and I didn't know the MSHP put Carnahan away. Sounds like a plan to me. SPD needs to just give it up and admit defeat. After 25 years...a new entity in charge seems like a logical move.
They had his DNA from the rape. When he got back to the States, (from China) a MO Highway Patrol Trooper showed up and got a swab and that matched him to the crime. (At least that is what I recall). It didn't come from the local cops. They could have done this themselves. Why didn't they? That is a question for the ages.
I don't truly understand why the SPD is sitting on this case. I guess this is because they want the credit if and when it is solved.
Having said that, back in 1992, I visited with the MSHP and was told that although the HP offered their services the SPD told them to take a hike and didn't require their help. (not in those words exactly but the meaning was clear).
The officer later became the sheriff but this is what I heard with my own ears. I had gone to the local office and told of what had occurred that day and he was as confused as I was, having tried to provide information and it was effectively refused. Go figure.
This is one of the many reasons that I have come to believe a cop did this. Even now, it is next to impossible to get in contact with the SPD. Good luck with that. They say they want information and when it is offered, forget it. Won't happen.
It comes down to this. Once all of the other suspects have been eliminated, whoever remains is the perp. It is just that simple.
And by no means am I the only one who believes that a cop did this.
Either that or we have a lone stalker. I could believe that. He could have been surveiling the residence or was in one of the parties that night.
The kicker is why that night?