C'mon, Appy, this is a bit weak. . Personally, I dont think its an accident that Dateline picked some little town to play their cat and mouse games at. Nothing like famous celebrities to make ordinary people forget what standards should be followed.
Not to get too anecdotal, but theres a guy I know of in my business that got snared by the Feds for being a sexual predator, and it took them 1 1/2 years to get him. The first time he agreed to meet the (12 yr old) girl, he got cold feet when he was within 100 yards of the restaurant they were supposed to meet at, and then it took them 6 months for them to get him to finally meet with her. He pled guilty and is serving 5 yrs in the pen; a perfectly nice guy, with a clean record, otherwise, as far as I could tell ( I knew him fairly well). That, by the way, is how you do it.
This guy would still be alive if he were innocent.