Fascinating questions seagull65 so I called home to my "in house reference text", DH, retired State trooper & "homicide specialist" :woohoo

yeah, how lucky are we both, getting to "see/be with" HCL in action but in his HALCYON DAYS of fame!):woohoo:
1. The case was a missing person case, victim abduction by KNOWN assailant, information provided by parent/guardian of record.
2. The informant provided ALL relevant information to investigators which is what they were using to SEARCH for the victim & perp.
3. The process of interrogation starts with the informant, then as if you imagine a stone thrown into a lake, ripples out to family and friends/acquaintances BUT QUESTIONING by skilled LE helps FOCUS the investigation.
NOW huge props to Lambchop from the DH (he wants you to consider LE as a career, you'd write great "5s" {reports}) for the following: Don't forget the T-shirt had no significance until the remains were found 6 months later. By that time SA was pretty sure of the evidence they had and the lack of any evidence that ZFG ever existed.
The fact that KC lied about facts of the case and continued to lie up until the time of her arrest shows intent on KC's part not to let LE know exactly what happened to Caylee. It was "not in KC's best interest to tell LE the whereabout of her child" (paraphrased). This came from the mouth of her attorney, JB. When someone lies to LE about an important issue such as a missing child why would LE ever, ever think someone else had something to do with the child being missing. The child was KC's responsibility, in KC's care and KC can't come up with a reason why she no longer has this child. With all the information disclosed to date LE was right on with their suspect. The fact that there is no evidence, none whatsoever, that points to another person is significant. EDITED BY ME from post @11:36:blushing:
seagull65: The LE had created a timeline of the last DOCUMENTED observance of Caylee which was not within the habitation time at RM's apt. IF it had been determined that the phantom nanny existed, THEN all bets would have been off regarding the LE and their intensive searching most if not all of the high spots in the inmate's travels. The LIES/FABRICATIONS/MISTRUTHS/COVER-UPS are EXACTLY what got the inmate where she deserves to be: awaiting trial for the murder of her child.:furious:
PS: last paragraph=IMO!:angel: