1) did LE find a body? Perhaps, or part thereof. There was an anthropology forensics van on scene at the search. Some surmise this means they found a body or bones etc. I say, the forensic van being there does not necessarily mean that. If you are searching a body of water where alligators and other predators are known to be on occassion, you are going to find bits of bones etc. Whether they are human or not would need to be determined by experts, hence their presence on the scene.
2) Did LE find yellow rope and cinder blocks and if so what, if anything does that mean? I imagine they may have found cinder blocks. They are very common to the area and boaters often use them as "poor man's anchor" among other things. Yellow nylon rope, also very common to find rope in and around the water at a boat launching area. Could mean something, could mean nothing.
3) Did LE tell family "plan a funeral"? Lets review what LE has actually said. They announced in presser they are now treating Haleigh's disappearance as a homicide. They have not found a body. The search was innitiated due to credible tips received from unnamed source.
We have only the attorney shoemaker's words that say the family was told to plan a funeral. LE may well have said somethign to the effect of "we believe there is no hope of finding haleigh alive. We feel strongly that she is dead. We are changing the focus of our invistigation, and will be treating this matter as a homicide and not a missing person from here on out. If you (the family) would like, we feel it is safe to have a service for Haleigh and say your goodbyes.
Words are very tricky little buggers. One man's service is another mans funeral is another man's wake. Without an offical statement from LE we have no idea exactly what words were used in that secret meeting with family. People paraphrase, people pass on their own interpretations or comments, rarely do people use direct quotes from telling to telling.
I for one will be very interested to see what eventually comes out as LE builds their case, and I do think they are building their case. What is the biggest unknown in this whole thing is - building aa case against who and how strong a case will it be?
