In the last few weeks, a number of case followers here asked if I would review the case. I demurred until last night when I read through most of this thread.
Today, I found there is a tape of the interview (interrogation) tape available olline. I watched it (about an hour).
In comparison to the interview techniques that were used to coerce hundreds of children into saying outrageous falsehoods (pure lies) during the satanic-abuse, child-care, witch-hunt scandal of the eighties and early nineties, the techniques the interviewers used in this case were mild by comparison(in my mind). However, they are anything but beyond reproach.
That said, I would expect a trial to be sought, and I certainly would expect the tape to be ruled inadmissable as evidence -- based on little things (chuckle) that has been talked about in this thread such as no parent in the room, no guardian, no permission, etc..
As a point of reference, in the satanic-abuse, child-care trials, most every jury believed what the children claimed. Across the nation, LE never found a single dead baby, a single tunnel, a single secret room, etc., and over forty innocent people were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned. Some are still there.
It will be very interesting to see how events unfold in this case.
FWIW
