[KevinB]

Has there been any official pronouncements why Van Boy wasn’t held in custody early on, as he was an obvious flight risk?

They can't hold someone when they have no evidence that a crime has been committed. Speculation that a crime has been committed and that he may have committed it is not good enough.

They certainly should have had him under surveillance, though.

[Seruzawa]

Dang. You mean we need some evidence before we can arrest someone? That’s going to upset all these expert detectives on the FR.