At least they were able to make this kid crack and not only tell what they did to Sam, but also where he could be found. A more hardened criminal would've clammed up and denied knowing anything, forcing the cops to try and find the victim on their own. That may have taken a week, a month, and he may have never been found. We see that scenario play itself out time after time in here.
As a reminder, go back to the main forum page and look at the list of missing people over the last 2 years that have never been found.
http://www.macon.com/news/local/community/houston-peach/article109524247.html
Looking at the picture of the hand-dug shallow grave, it's possible he was deep enough to have stayed undiscovered for a good long while. All the dirt that was previously in the hole would have been preserved and sifted through for evidence. You can see steel stakes at both ends that would represent the area he was found from head to toe, as well as serving as a depth gauge.
The area he was found in was a dumping ground for dead animals due to poaching, so I highly doubt anyone would have spent a whole lot of time searching in there. I suspect it was a dumping ground in general, for a whole lot of different things besides animal carcasses.
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