Thanks all, for posting these links of the latest on this investigation. For some long time followers of this case, allow me to backtrack a touch. To me, this video was interesting and colored my thinking on the case a little.
http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=656512
For one, it appears the house was carpeted. I was under the impression, at least most of the house, was hardwood floors. I know in recent years thats what the pictures show, but this is several owners later. In June of 1992, is that brown carpeting Im seeing ?
I seem to recall some text talking about a spotless house. While it isnt messy, some of the video shows an unkept house, as it would appear to me. However, this video was shot after a zoo of people had been in and out of the house, so, to me, I have no idea.
Im intrigued by the tone of the story and talk of technology breaking the deadlock. Mule, if you are correct, police know who did this, then theyve just had the trouble of being able to prove how, who and why to a critical defense and before a jury. It would seem to answer my question about evidence being sequestered which was not much made note of at the time.
DNA is often the star of these things. While that may not do it here, I would hope they dont let this slip through their fingers like the Bob Crane case. In 1978, when he was murdered, DNA didnt exist. When the case was reopened and tried in the early 90s, even though DNA did exist, it wasnt as sophisticated as today, the blood samples collected from Carpenters rental car were insufficient, although the blood type was the same as Cranes.
But, the given story opens with the saved messages on the answering machine. I didnt know any survived. Im unclear as to when Ms. McCall made these calls and if the guests in the house heard the phone ring and/or if anybody offered to answer. Ive always been fuzzy on the timeline after discovery. Which, speaking of, the story very assertively places the window of abduction from 2:30 to 8 AM. Has it always been that late ? Is this where the contemporary thought is ? Or, just a contemporary reporters oversight. I have no trouble accepting a later time, but Ive never seen it actually reported anywhere that I can recall.
Back to the message machine. It would appear that cassette tape presumably is among stash of old evidence. As everyone knows giving away an old computer, 'clean your harddrive throughly, which is more involved than delete/write over. That tape with contemporary scientific labs can uncover all sorts of treasures, more than just messages 'accidently erased that morning.
Thanks all...keep the updates coming !