Dan Rassier: Former POI **Wrongly accused**

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Scents move on air currents. What direction was the wind blowing? What time of day was it? Scents are higher in the air during the day when it's warmer and lower to the ground at night when it's cooler. Who's dog was it and what was the dogs training and the handlers qualifications? Where the scent "seemed to go" is subject to a number of variables. I forget when the dog was brought in, but if the scent trail seemed to indicate this before the outbuildings were searched by DR, it would have been an inexcusable lapse by SCSD as they had the lead in the case. The other agencies are only along for the ride.



We also don't see the prints associated with Heinrich in any of the photographs. Based on what pictures I have seen, my theory is that Jacob was carried to the car and the one print is where he was put down with one foot into the car and the toe of the other shoe in the dirt stepping up.



Where are Mund's prints? If you think the "Jacobs Last Print" belongs to Mund, where are his other prints leading to and away from the tire track? If that is an orphan print, it begs a few questions.



Like every other bit of evidence, it needs to be vetted. If you are correct, I will be the first to throw you a party...if you do the cooking. :)

Aren't dogs trained to do different things? Search for living? Search for dead?
 
In 2010 there was the BCA and NCMEC as well. Maybe FBI . Where did the special dogs from Louisiana come from? FBI?

All those agencies were riding the bus, but only Stearns was driving the bus...at least until November 2014 when they asked the FBI for help. The FBI determined pretty quickly, within days, that Heinrich was the guy.

As an aside, I recently completed some research for another author's book on crimes in another county. All but one of those crimes were solved. By comparison, there are enough unsolved crimes in Stearns County for an anthology book on those. I'm currently looking at the Reker case, and that one waa particularly sloppy. I'm not picking on anyone, just reporting my findings.
 
Aren't dogs trained to do different things? Search for living? Search for dead?

Living:
Air Scent - Pick up the scent from the air. Must be down wind of the subject to detect the scent. Various breeds.
Ground Scent - Pick up the scent from dead skin cells on the ground sloughed off the body as we move. Bloodhounds are the most common.

Dead:
Cadaver dogs - Much like air scent. Can also detect the decay gases scent coming up from the ground or bubbling up through water. Various breeds

Bite:
LE dogs trained to attack and grip whomever the handler commands them too. Various breeds with German Shepherds being the most common.

Explosive:
Trained to detect various explosive agents. Some are specialized in only one agent. Various breeds.

Drug:
Trained to detect various illegal drugs. Some are specialized in only one drug. Various breeds.

Aid:
Trained to assist individuals with specific needs. Specific training for the particular need. Various breeds.

Military:
Trained to assist warfighters in detecting IED's and secluded individuals. Various training, various breeds.

Care Giving:
Trained to be a calming agent in nursing homes, children's hospitals etc.. Various breeds.
 
In 2010 anything but cadaver dogs would be completely useless, and using them 12 years later is tenuous at best.

Haven't cadaver dogs hit on cadavers from 100 years ago? They used them in the Jaycee Dugard case looking for possible other victims.

What kind of bloodhound was used in 1989?
 
Haven't cadaver dogs hit on cadavers from 100 years ago? They used them in the Jaycee Dugard case looking for pissible other victims.

What kind of bloodhound was used in 1989?

Bloodhounds are usually ground scent for skin cells. I have not seen any I have worked with used as cadaver dogs, however they probably would be good at it. My point is a defense attorney could put up a pretty good argument to throw out any cadaver scent findings from a 12 year old case unless a body/bones/clothing (source) is found directly under where the dog alerted.
 
Bloodhounds are usually ground scent for skin cells. I have not seen any I have worked with used as cadaver dogs, however they probably would be good at it. My point is a defense attorney could put up a pretty good argument to throw out any cadaver scent findings from a 12 year old case unless a body/bones/clothing (source) is found directly under where the dog alerted.

I imagine they were looking for bones
 
There are multiple references on here how LE screwed it up from the crime scene, to Heinrich, to naming DR POI. And probably other things I,am not remembering.

Yep. They appear to have screwed it up. I've said so a couple times. You know what? Sometimes, in fact more often than it should, investigators/LE focus on the wrong person. Sometimes that wrong person even ends up in jail for crimes they didn't commit. Just follow a few cold cases here if you don't believe me, or pay attention to a lot of the stories in the news about innocent people finally being exonerated years later based on things like DNA testing improvements. But please don't put words in my mouth - I'd never call them LOSERS. Some investigations are deeply flawed and it can be for a whole host of reasons (and the reasons differ case by case) but investigations don't get screwed up because everyone involved is a LOSER and I find that strawman claim childish.
 
Looks to me like the BCA was heavily involved. It looks like they are more in charge.

The other agencies were involved as well.

http://kstp.com/kstpImages/repository/cs/files/wetterling_court_documents.pdf

“The MN BCA, FBI, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and nationally recognized search and rescue canine handlers" were in a support role. I cannot find anywhere that SCSD relinquished jurisdiction to any other agency with regard to this case.

I am just a tad surprised that the State has not stepped in at this point and taken control in the interest of transparency. There may be a good reason... or they may not want the "poo hits the fan splatter" to land on them as well. Time will tell.
 
Yep. They appear to have screwed it up. I've said so a couple times. You know what? Sometimes, in fact more often than it should, investigators/LE focus on the wrong person. Sometimes that wrong person even ends up in jail for crimes they didn't commit. Just follow a few cold cases here if you don't believe me, or pay attention to a lot of the stories in the news about innocent people finally being exonerated years later based on things like DNA testing improvements. But please don't put words in my mouth - I'd never call them LOSERS. Some investigations are deeply flawed and it can be for a whole host of reasons (and the reasons differ case by case) but investigations don't get screwed up because everyone involved is a LOSER and I find that strawman claim childish.
Thank you, Marble😉 Well put👍

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“The MN BCA, FBI, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and nationally recognized search and rescue canine handlers" were in a support role. I cannot find anywhere that SCSD relinquished jurisdiction to any other agency with regard to this case.

I am just a tad surprised that the State has not stepped in at this point and taken control in the interest of transparency. There may be a good reason... or they may not want the "poo hits the fan splatter" to land on them as well. Time will tell.

If the BCA was going through the files and came up with the new info, why? The county asked them to do it?
 
If it's not Rassier, I think I'll call this the greatest travesty of an investigation I've ever seen. If they had a match in 1990, that doesn't change, but for some reason it did in 2004. Explain yourselves LE, everybody is waiting.
 
I spoke with someone last week about this case and he mentioned something about LE in the area falsely accusing someone else in the central Minnesota area of a serious crime, although he couldn't recall the specifics during the course of our impromptu run in with each other. Does anyone have a name so I could do a little Googling on this case and are their any other similar events like these with LE in the area? I'm just looking to get a better picture of how LE operates in the area as history of similar events will always tell a truthful story. Thank you in advance!
 
I spoke with someone last week about this case and he mentioned something about LE in the area falsely accusing someone else in the central Minnesota area of a serious crime, although he couldn't recall the specifics during the course of our impromptu run in with each other. Does anyone have a name so I could do a little Googling on this case and are their any other similar events like these with LE in the area? I'm just looking to get a better picture of how LE operates in the area as history of similar events will always tell a truthful story. Thank you in advance!

You may want to research the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, St. Paul. There have been a couple of really sad cases such as Philandon Castile. There was another one. I forget that name. Maybe someone remembers.
 
You may want to research the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, St. Paul. There have been a couple of really sad cases such as Philandon Castile. There was another one. I forget that name. Maybe someone remembers.

Was it "Tinner" that used to post here?
 
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