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Me too! Yes, she is a member here. I think CO told her to come on over. I enjoy reading PsychesKnot's posts.

I was noticing that bit about Byrd. Byrd is reportedly a Fresno homicide detective, isn't he?

I read how Amber supposedly talked to him for an hour on Dec. 21. Now, truth time: my first thought on hearing that was that maybe he was a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend of Amber's. I have no idea if that is correct or not.

It's going to look ridiculous if Geragos tries to pretend that Amber's Dec. 21 call to Byrd somehow means that Amber was involved in the murder. Oh, YEAH, I just know if I was planning a MURDER, I'd spend my time chatting beforehand with the local HOMICIDE DETECTIVES!

Supposedly a cop named Jameson made a report in early January in which he said he thought Amber might be involved in the murder. Later, when Amber went public, the police made a big point that their investigation had found that she had NO involvement in the disappearance.

The whole Jameson thing reflects a common practice of police: they find someone like Amber who is on the periphery of something big like this investigation. They want the person to spill their guts to them. They don't want to have to pussyfoot around, being led around by the person who will probably at first deny all knowledge, or try to protect someone, or tell false stories.

The police know they have to give the person some incentive to start talking, and start talking NOW. Frequently, they do this by pointing out to the person, "You know, if you don't come clean with all you know about this, right now, then we may have no choice but to assume YOU are involved in the crime!"

When Amber went public she looked like she was scared to death. I have no doubt the police had put the fear of God into her by telling her that if she didn't cooperate fully, she just might end up being charged.

Not very nice to Amber, but I think the police like to apply a little pressure when it suits their purposes.