and cops get mad when they cant solve a case...they love patting each other on the back, and dont like to look bad. ive read books on how badly the L.A.P.D Robbery/Homicide division screwed up the Manson Murders in 1969...and mainly out of purely being stubborn. Any fool could see that the Tate homicide and the LaBianca killing the next night ..that they were connected and done by the same people. 2 days into the investigation, LA County Sheriff Homicide even contacted LAPD with the similarities with other crimes in the area, and were told to take a hike...they were convinced the Tate killings were “drug” related..if it wasn’t for Susan Adkins running her mouth in jail 3 months after ...they probably never would have solved that horrible crime...
LAPD D’s were being told from on high the two cases were ‘unrelated’. The people at the top in the City Bldg and the Parker Center wanted no connection in fear that the city would dissolve into mass panic over a ‘murder cult’ prowling the city. Better the LoBianca murders never be solved than have the city go ballistic and the city and PD leadership take the heat.