The fallout from the press conference is fascinating. From what I understand, there was infighting between the FBI and Stearns County from day one, and to see the confrontation between Gudmundson and Garber at the presser shows that the dissension still exists. Wow. I think someone could write a book just on that angle of the case alone.
Here's what I don't get...Stearns wants to point the finger at the FBI for moving away from Heinrich, but wasn't it the FBI that zeroed in on him in 1989-90 and nearly solved the case then? Stearns is responsible for the on-foot theory that set the case back decades and ruined the reputation of an innocent man, yet they want to throw the FBI under the bus? I don't get it. I think both agencies could have handled things much better, but I think most of the fault lies with Stearns. From what I gather, it seems like the investigation wasn't going anywhere until Shane Ball and the rest of the FBI took another run at Heinrich and ulitmately solved the case.
I sure hope we get to see the FBI files at some point. It's hard to believe that after almost 30 years, there's still more questions than answers in regard to this case.