They should have found it, they put it there. And as a bonus they picked up the box of baking soda in the refridgeator and the can of Comet under the sink. Andthey may have took the jug of bleach from the utility room.
Back in the 80s the feds came after Vic Feazel, DA in Waco, Texas on a bunch of trumped up crap. They raided his home and came up with what they said was drug parapernalia. It was a syringe taken from a decorative plaque that was given to him in recognition of his efforts in fighting drug dealers. They left the plaque so Vic showed it to reporters. The dried glue was still on it.
After a lengthy trial he was acquitted. He sued Channel 8 in Dallas for libel. The jury awarded him millions with the stipulation that if it was appealed and lost the interest would be enormous. Rumor has it Channel 8 called Vic the day of the verdict and asked him where to send the check.
By the way, the reason they came after him was he made the Texas Rangers look like fools by proving Henry Lee Lucas didn’t kill all the people the Rangers had said he’d killed and thus all those “closed” cases were re-opened. Another thing that pissed them off was they thought he was building a political machine. The only law enforcement agency that didn’t go after him was the McClennan County Sheriff’s Office. The same agency that wanted nothing to do with the raiding of the Koresh compound.