[Spunky]

"The cops also interviewed the witnesses at the tip line or by phone, and so could 'read' how credible they would seem. Even the cops manning the tip lines read people's voices for a living. (And their in-credibility has been proven by the fact that they all claim to have seen her wearing black pants.)

The police didn't know that fact though until her body washed up in April. So they could not discount witnesses based on that fact in the beginning.

[Devil_Anse]

No, but they learned early on the fact that the dog was picked up (alone) by Karen Servas at approximately 10:18--or if we want to be sticklers, she first said, at about 10:35, but corrected herself later due to her cellphone time recorder, and her stamped store receipt.

So if they found Karen credible, they KNEW the dog was WITHOUT LACI by 10:18 a.m. So since Campos, for example, told them that she saw this pregnant women WITH HER DOG, and two bums, at 10:50, they knew that that was not plausible.

And they were also going by Scott's story that Laci was definitely still in the house, mopping, as of 9:30 a.m.

[pinz-n-needlez]

What you said is true. My point is that there are 'gut' feelings that investigators must develop, that are not going to be conveyed well in a courtroom setting, especialy with Geragos doing the cross.

Whatever the reason for the cops dismissing these tips, the fact remains that they have been proven right right. :-)

Geragos is willing to grasp at any mangled straw, and doesn't care who he trashes in the process. (I doubt he could find the word 'honor' in the dictionary.) But you know that, too. :-)

Pinz