Yep. Cadaver dogs hit at 3 different locations. I don't think even a tooth was discovered.
Respectfully snipped for focus.
IMO, LE themselves said the following to each one of those "hits", bolded below in their own press release. My takeaway, these alerts were not credible.
When you think about the breakdown, LE graciously put together for the public, this all sounds absurd with human remains all over the place. Also, these dog teams were not invited or vetted by LE and these handlers inserted themselves into an active investigation. My unpopular opinion.
The location by the Arkansas River was a focus on a PE show leading up to Andy's private search. Think it was the beach area MG talked about. A wild guess - the handlers anticipation (maybe) of that area bled through to the dog. The dog did not sound committed.
Then that
same dog team goes to a second location, on private property, and alerts. What are the odds of that? Think this was the location with the tree. Meanwhile, IIRC poor Andy Mormen is a witness to this madness.
A different dog team alerts to a third location, on private property, where again LE rules out the area.
IMO
Suzanne Morphew - Chaffee County Sheriff
Also this week, members of the law enforcement task force responded to the report of human remains trained dogs “alerting”
on three separate properties in Chaffee County.
To clarify, none of these properties are owned by members of the Morphew family. One of the locations investigated by the task force was along the Arkansas River in the county. The dog handler used on that private property was interviewed by our team and explained that the dogs did not “alert” to anything on the property but did show interest.
Our law enforcement team obtained consent from the property owner, and after further investigation, including working with the private human remains dogs on the property, it was determined this was not a viable lead in this case.
A second property near the Morphew home was also investigated after the same dog team alerted to an area on that private property. Our investigation team, immediately upon being notified, secured the scene and provided around the clock security until investigators from the Chaffee County Sheriff’s office, FBI and CBI arrived.
This location of interest on the private property, with the consent of the property owner, was investigated extensively by members of the task force, and found to have no evidentiary significance to the case.
A third location was also identified in unincorporated Chaffee County near Salida on private property where a different pair of human remains dogs alerted. Also, once alerted, our team responded immediately and secured the property providing security around the clock.
This morning our team, along with the FBI and CBI, and with consent of the property owner, excavated this location and once again, nothing of evidentiary value to the Suzanne Morphew case was located.
. Why? Because it’s been so painfully obvious right from the beginning that he is their ONLY suspect. There will be no surprises here. We just need to exercise patience. So hard.
