They have the suspect, everyone knows who it is. The DA isn't going to rush into charges though, they only get one shot at him. At this point they can't even reasonably prove she's dead and that a murder took place, not enough time has passed since her disappearance. If they charge him now, having not recovered Danielle and he beat the charges, and she was then recovered a month later with rock solid evidence, they couldn't touch him. Charging him without a body is a last resort. It would have to be years before they did that.
Michigan is a huge outdoor sportsman state, tons of hunters and fisherman. Come this fall when the leaves are off the trees, fields are harvested, and thousands of people enter remote areas to hunt/fish the odds of recovering her will go up exponentially. I think they'll find her within 24 months.
Unfortunately these kind of cases take years and years for the legal system to play out. Kylr Yust still hasn't been charged with murder after the remains of Jessica Runions were discovered and likely Kara Kopetsky's as well. They may be waiting for a positive ID on Kara so they can charge him with both homocides at once as opposed to just Jessica's. But it just goes to show how long these things take. He killed at least two girls, he was convicted of burning Jessica's car after she disappeared, she's been recovered, and still no murder charges.
I could only imagine the anger and frustration of not knowing where your daughter is, not knowing what happened to her, knowing she was killed and who did it, but not being able to do anything about it and having to watch him walk around free.
prayers for her family and friends! They have been put through so much, and remain so strong!
