Ed Smart may be doing his "shadow" investigation (bringing in Boylan, giving independent press conferences, etc.) because LE has told him that they know who it is but refuse to tell him who. He and Lois may disagree with LE that the thing to do is wait for evidence of a body to act. This reveals the real divide between Ed and Lois Smart and LE: the Smarts think Eliz. is alive and therefore LE should pressure or expose the perp, even blowing the prosecution if necessary in order to find her, while LE thinks that she is dead and therefore nothing can be gained by destroying an eventual prosecution by rushing indictment or public disclosure of the perp. Ed keeps saying he has a lot of confidence in the police.
If he is actually starting to lose confidence in them, instead of going on tv and stirring up the pot, he should hire an experienced private detective with a good track record.
And the time to bring in a sketch artist was in the beginnning when Klaus tried to arrange it, not months later. I would have demanded the police arrange a sketch artist from the beginning. MK would have felt that she was helping to find her sister. It would be more tramatic for the child if she realized she had some information on the kidnapper but didn't give it to the police until too late.
His pot-stirring detracts from the investigation rather than helps.
I would have demanded the police arrange a sketch artist from the beginning. MK would have felt that she was helping to find her sister. You're ignoring published reports where a police spokesman says MK didn't get a good enough look at the perp. (See some of the links at the top of this thread.) My theory all along was that if they could have produced a sketch, they would have.
Agreed. Ed Smart should have hired a Mark Furman type long ago. Jeannie Boylan should have been called in at once. They should have listened to Mark Klaas. Precious time has been lost, and potentially irreversible damage done.