<snip>Ok so the sheriff was on the scene within 6 minutes of the 911 call. There's no way Kevin heard the scanner, saw the cops go by, got in his gf's car, went towards the DelWin, took a back road over to 16th avenue, went all the way down DR's driveway to turn around, sat at the end of his driveway to contemplate what to do with the bikes, then head north to the Tom Thumb without seeing the sheriff.<snip>
(snipped by me) Good point on the sheriff! I hadn't worked this fact into the timeline.
9:32 pm: 911 call
9:38 pm: sheriff arrives at the abduction scene
9:40 pm: LE arrives at the Wetterling residence
approx 10 pm: Kevin + gf arrive at scene (DR goes to sleep but does not hear barking Smokey)
So what happened to the sheriff? Did he survey the abduction scene then drive over to Wetterlings leaving the crime scene unsecured? If he did not, then Kevin would surely have seen him and if so why would the sheriff allow Kevin to drive all the way through the farm driveway? Did he leave an officer at the scene but then is this the officer Kevin talked to? If so, then the officer did not document the encounter and worse let Kevin drive over the crime scene and even worse yet what if Kevin was the perp? Not saying he was but there's definitely a gap of info regarding the sheriff's location as it relates to Kevin's story.