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morningfog

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3. They didn't have probable cause to arrest.

Reply to cwydro (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 08:44 AM

Sep 2014

They legally could not keep him. The charge him now only after forensic testing of items seized from his car.

I am curious what they found in the car. It is know that she was in the car, so contact or hair DNA would not establish probable cause. It seems that if it were blood they would have had probable cause at that time, even while awaiting results. He is being smart, in that he has a lawyer.

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They still haven't caught the guy though, right? cwydro Sep 2014 #1

Not the last I heard. NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #2

They couldn't legally keep him. morningfog Sep 2014 #4

But cwydro Sep 2014 #8

They didn't have probable cause to arrest. morningfog Sep 2014 #3

It's strange to me that the reason he originally went to the Police Raine1967 Sep 2014 #5

That was after he was a person of interest and ffter they had searched his car and house, right? morningfog Sep 2014 #6

I am not sure -- Raine1967 Sep 2014 #7

BReaking news on my Local TV: Raine1967 Sep 2014 #9

I'm glad they have him. NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #10

What crime? First they have to prove a crime took place. Baclava Sep 2014 #11