Thanks, and well put. And I certainly didn’t mean to demean police work. I’d guess that the crime took quite a bit of time (what was it, 74 stab wounds? Of course, after the first 20 or so, there’d be no resistance), but OTOH, it seems likely that it took place in one of the many “I didn’t see nuthin’” neighborhoods, where it’s often a waste of time and effort to get the story, particularly when there are more crimes all the time that require attention.
At that time the “Cocaine Cowboys” were still fairly strong and police resources were still stretched pretty thin. No telling how that may have influenced the amount of time given to the investigation. The drug runners will always be a problem in Florida and that takes tax dollars and cops out of neighborhoods.
As far as the “didn’t see nuthin” neighborhoods go, will they ever figure out that their silence is what makes a lot of the violence possible?
Nah, that would require common sense which ain’t so common anymore.