The sheriff is doing the same thing he did with the cameras being busted, and there being forced entry - he's saying "that didn't come from us," but isn't denying the veracity of those details.
But he also isn't confirming the veracity of the details.
Once more, the Sheriff's inability to articulate and describe accurately and clearly almost anything in this case is on full display (jmo). Who knows, maybe it is intentional and vindictive? Maybe he's angry at those (any non-LE person) who have questioned his competence in this case?
Is he being intentionally short and impatient and lazy with his words when addressing MSM and online sleuthers - because he perhaps think they have put a microscope on his performance and possible missteps?
Everything from his past disagreements/conflict with the FBI (where both he and PCSO were investigated), to him illogically releasing the crime scene on the very morning of the day that it was agreed that the FBI would be assisting, to those who criticized his attendance at an AU basketball game...
to possibly punishing (my term) the press and sleuthers by saying "there won't be another press conference for the next whole week (when there's no way he could say that with any certainty - what if the crime was solved the next day?), to local criticism from constituents, to multiple swat team raids which he later claimed were no big deal / nothing to see here (my terms)...
to using the term "arrested" instead of "detained" and then, post release, saying that those he had previously said were arrested (and even were a POI) had only been detained,
Just my opinion, but I think he may hold a grudge against anybody who dares question his authority or competence - about anything. Imo he has at times reacted childishly to some media inquiries. He reminds me of Sheriff Sills in the Shirley and Russell Dermond case,
Another way to convey what he said re: the no-backpack photo (or, at least another way to interpret what he said) is:
"if there is information out there that the no-backpack photo came from a night different from the night of the abduction, that info did not come from me or the FBI".
He could simply be saying: we (pcso and fbi) have not said one word about when that video image was captured, - not when it came out (with the other photos), - and not now. Previous day could mean the 1st.
Imo it was the same lack of attention to detail and lack of clarity and poor phrasing with: "nobody has been cleared" to "the family and their spouses have been cleared". The same with "she was taken from her bed" to she was abducted from her home after she went to bed..
The same with "forced entry" (are broken flood lights right next to the back door signs of forced entry?) to: we never said forced entry, The same with the testing lab confusion. The same with the glove(s) -which glove, how many gloves, and where was/were the glove (or gloves) found?
A confused public doesn't make them clamor less, it makes them clamor more.
Lastly, for what reason would Kash Patel lie about the photo of no-backpack man?
To say it's frustrating to everybody whose only desire is to see Nancy returned safe would be a huge understatement. Imo, much of that frustration has been due to poor (or deliberately less than clear) communication from PCSO.
All jmo