[Utah Girl]

Good points. And there really isn't a good published report of how many neighbors were in the home before the police arrived. I remember reading an account early on by a police officer that the crime scene had been contaminated by having neighbors there before the police arrived. That particular policeman sounded disgusted and made it sound as if the whole neighborhood was there. But no actual figures have ever been published that I have read.

[sandude]

Another thing that comes to mind is that no matter what the situation was in the morning, the Smart home would have been loaded with foriegn DNA and fingerprints from the gathering that was held the evening before. This alone would have complicated the investigation without anyone having come into the home on that morning. I'm not suggesting that the crime scene wasn't contaminated after the abduction, but the party the night before would have had the same result.

[Vinomori]

I remember reading an account early on by a police officer that the crime scene had been contaminated by having neighbors there before the police arrived. That particular policeman sounded disgusted and made it sound as if the whole neighborhood was there.

That particular was disgusted because inviting 12 neighbors into your home before the police get there is a disgustingly stupid and arrogant thing to do, and at the very best naive beyond comprehension. How can someone be responsible for the safety of children who is this naive about crime?

[Vinomori]

I remember reading an account early on by a police officer that the crime scene had been contaminated by having neighbors there before the police arrived. That particular policeman sounded disgusted and made it sound as if the whole neighborhood was there.

That particular policeman was disgusted because inviting 12 neighbors into your home before the police get there is a disgustingly stupid and arrogant thing to do, and at the very best naive beyond comprehension. How can someone be responsible for the safety of children who is this naive about crime?