Actually, there were two cops that searched the area around 5:30 or 6 am, I believe (can't remember their names now; perhaps someone can help; the report is on callahn's). They even stated that, if the boys were in the ditch at the time they searched it, they most definitely would have spotted them, as they were actually shining their flashlights in the discovery creek and had a bit of pre-dawn light to work with. I never really brought that they would have definitively been able to spot them, necessarily; just reporting what they said.
So thinking about it this way, the search ended around 3 am; the cops searched it around 5/6 am; then the searched resumed in a couple hours later that same morning. Those are only two, 2-3 hour spans. I don't know, to me, that is extremely risky. The killer would pretty much be going out of his way to specifically dump them here, or he has impeccable timing to make multiple trips in these extremely short time spans. The search continued with the WMPD from shift to shift throughout the night/morning.
So thinking about it this way, the search ended around 3 am; the cops searched it around 5/6 am; then the searched resumed in a couple hours later that same morning. Those are only two, 2-3 hour spans. I don't know, to me, that is extremely risky. The killer would pretty much be going out of his way to specifically dump them here, or he has impeccable timing to make multiple trips in these extremely short time spans. The search continued with the WMPD from shift to shift throughout the night/morning.