MrX
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I've heard law enforcement will sometimes withhold evidence if they don't know who the killer is and are hoping to keep specifics from popping up in copycat killings. I also think they sometimes withhold information in case they get false confessions (odd, but it happens).
In this case, neither issue seems to be applicable. So, I'm not why they wouldn't release information unless it's simply for the comfort of the family members.
Also as a way of determining the veracity of tips. Recall the Brown's Chicken Murders, outside Chicago, in the 90's. They got a call from someone who mentioned a detail that LE had kept quiet, so they knew the person she heard it from was most likely the perp. (That case was terrible. I still remember getting yelled at by a female police officer for accidentally stepping across the crime scene tape.)