Yes, that's my point exactly. Thank you. Trust but verify. Kevin obviously had his girlfriend plus others to verify his whereabouts. Just what if that set of tracks didn't match Kevin's girlfriend's car-then what?. It's disturbing that neither he nor his girlfriend or others(girlfriend's brother + wife) did not come forward immediately because apparently the tires were new at the time. Probably LE could have investigated tire stores in the area to verify and maybe they did. But if they solidly identified the tracks then why not say so thus strengthening their case and adding pressure to the POI. Sorry to be muddleheaded about this but the 10-23-89 picture of Investigator Steve Mund spraying something(I assume Jacob's footprints) on the road still bothers me. If you look at that picture there's tire tracks in a curving pattern around the investigator...does anyone else see that? Trackergd? Why would there be tire tracks in this trajectory in that section of the road?
See post #1019 here:
MN MN - Jacob Wetterling, 11, St. Joseph, 22 Oct 1989 - #5 - Page 44 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community
It shows Steve Mund casting the footprint(s) of Jacob. In the photo of Mund, I do see a faint tire track arcing out around Mund behind him, I'm just guessing that could be from the investigators who were there driving around on 3 wheelers looking for clues in the ditches. They would probably swerve around any tracks or footprints to "preserve" the scene.
The other photo in those 2 posts shows there was yellow tape around the entrance area of DR's family road. (It looks like it runs across the entrance, and down both sides out in the grass.) Someone, I think you, cGorg, had asked earlier if the road was taped off at all.
Also, I recall DR himself saying when he went out the next morning in his car, there was yellow tape across the road blocking his path, so he got out of his car, lifted the tape and walked under right onto the crime scene and then the police told him to go back and drive around through the ditch. I have wondered if that was intentional, to muddy the crime scene, or why he would lift crime tape and walk across the taped off area? Just irritation that they had blocked him or what? Seems as if someone so intelligent would know not to walk on a crime scene.