[SarahUSC]

In Nifongland, apparently all you need is an accuser but everywhere else you are supposed to have an accuser with a credible accusation. If the allegation isn't credible you don't even have probable cause. I don't think Crystal and her 101 stories could survive a probable cause hearing.

[Jezebelle]

Actually, you need more than an allegation to meet probable cause. An allegation alone isn't prima facie. Some objective evidence substantiating that a crime has occurred - the corpus delicti (body of the crime) - is first needed. And that all has to happen before you even get to whodunnit, which is when PC enters the picture. In view of the (lack of) medical and DNA evidence and corroborating witness evidence, Liefong doesn't even have corpus, and that's what is making this case so bizarre.