An opinion I heard tonight - heaven only knows which show - is that Perper can present his 'manner of death'. LE does not necessarily have to accept what Perper states, if they have evidence that contradicts. As I understand it, if there's disagreement on MOD, they work it out.
Oh, that's true - but if the ME can't outright state "homicide" on the manner of death - if it isn't obvious to him that someone else other than the deceased caused her death, then the police are going to be hesitant to spend a lot of time on an investigation that probably won't be prosecuted because it lacks that call by the ME.
I wish they could convene or use a grand jury for ANS, too - at this point, it's the very least we could hope for. Someone has to convince a Seminole detective to dig more. They've already told some media that they're not going to a GJ with it. I know we have a lot of FReepers who think perhaps that's a red herring statement, but I don't.
I really, really hope and pray that I'm wrong.