It must have been postponed. I haven't read anything about it in the SLC papers, or on the other crime forums.
Good points about when and why the FBI enters a case. They see something unusual and perhaps hinging on other crimes, financial crimes, like loansharking and extortion, maybe?
Let's face it....a child's life is not always a reason important enough for the FBI to stay involved. They are more interested in international intrigue, terrorism, organized crime, and big money crimes.
What you say is true, Palladin, a child's life is not always why the FBI enters a case. That they did find reason to involve the bureau in this particular case a short time after Elizabeth's disappearance - and with all the woes this country has undergone and may still face -there has to be more to it.