[varina davis]

Hey--Pete Romero was discovered by posters online, in the same way, and whaddya know, the police found him interesting enough to question.

I wouldn't doubt that LE has people posted full time reading every thread about the case.

[varina davis]

Here's another curious statement (June 28, SLC Trib) that seems to separate the crime from the missing girl, something I don't think can be separated -- unless there is a huge gap in the present story: Search coordinator and former Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson said no formal searches are being made in the Kearns area near Ricci's home.

"We want Elizabeth back, and that's quite separate, really, from the crime itself," Wilson said. "To the extent that the criminal investigation helps the search, we're ready for that. But in the meantime, the search goes on."

[Devil_Anse]

Varina, I didn't mean the police originally got Pete Romero's name from an internet forum. They wouldn't need to--remember, they've got all the answers to the questions, the answers we'd love to know: who has a criminal record, what is the criminal record, what were the details of the crimes, how many times has this criminal been married, was he involved in domestic violence--those are just some of the things I, for one, would love to know about each of our "suspects."

I meant, posters on the internet were smart enough to discover Romero in the public Utah sex offender registry--all on their own, w/o reading it in the media. As it happened, Romero was indeed of at least tangential interest to the police, also.

[Sherlock]

I wouldn't doubt that LE has people posted full time reading every thread about the case.

If they're reading my posts and haven't caught the kidnapper yet they're not interested in catching him.