Called using up funding.
Waste of manpower that could be better used in other areas.
Self important jerks hoping to get a book or better yet a segment on one of those tv crime dramas.
Shameful!
If the public is interested in the case, public officials will usually see that leads are is pursued. In most instances, the cost in manpower and other resources is minimal and there is no personal gain of any sort for the detectives.
One more tick mark in the murder solved column without having to incarcerate another minority.