IrishMist said:
Pedro, I typically don't post, just read. And I don't usually pay much attention to WHO is posting as much as I do to WHAT is posted, (except on this forum) which would be why I didn't recognize your hat.
I posted a bit in one forum, but this is the first place that I've felt comfortable enough to post. See, I'm a fence sitter. And it seems like the other forums... well, you're either a RDI or an IDI, dammit, and a fool if you think otherwise.
Well, you can call me a fool, but I just can't pick a side.
Anyway, you have been highly recommend in pm by someone I respect, and I am interested in your opinions on this case. It is my understanding that you are quite knowledgeable about it.
Thank you. What I think about this case?
I think the road to hell is paved with good intentions...
What I mean is: we had a murder in Christmas time, the BPD did not have as many officers available as they should have for a case like this. I think good will was common to all parties involved.
I believe a general mishandling of the situation created an early confrontation between the parents and LE. From an initial cooperation things went to a strong war of words and actions with the R's lawyering up and LE screwing up and refusing to look at the case with an open mind.
Things only got worse when the murder of JBR become secondary to personal success, political survival and self protection.
At that time, things were way too out of hand and people, within all parties involved, too divided to look at the case and its evidence and often unable-unwilling to collect evidence in an efficient manner.
The investigation was severely flawed since the very beginning and that is at the root of the failure to resolve this case because evidence, information, clues and links are gone for good while people was doing everything but what they should have done: work to resolve this case.
Later on people searching for fame, professional advancement or just simple recognition among their peers made all possible efforts to screw up whatever little LE had to resolve this case.
Sure I have an opinion about who the perp is but also my opinion to that particular is irrelevant because the case won't be resolved, we can't even trust the so called "new DNA" evidence and I don't think it'll stand in court even if we ever find a match.
Now there were may other things in this case: things among principals, among posters, among forums, among groups, among friends, among relatives, among lovers and among enemies. But that is a story for another day.
But there is three thing I am convinced of: Fleet White had nothing to do with any of this, we should not confuse honesty with accuracy and we should protect everyone's rights as an absolute value to which everything else, including justice for an specific case, is secondary.