[Timesink]

I think you need to catch up with the facts in this case. The Police have verified that they received the FIRST call from the Smart family at 4:01am, then the other calls were made to the rest of the family because the family said it seemed to take forever for the police to get there.

Not that I'm making any allegations or anything, but keep in mind that the police are under no obligation whatsoever to tell the truth to the media about any of this. If, hypothetically, calls were indeed made to others before one was made to the cops, and the cops had a reason to believe it was in the best interest of their investigation to make some unknown suspect think the first call was to the police, then that's what they would say.

Most of the cops in the Susan Smith case thought her story was funny almost immediately, but they played the game as if they believed her for several days, while they were piecing together evidence against her.

[Partisan Hack]

Not that I'm making any allegations or anything, but keep in mind that the police are under no obligation whatsoever to tell the truth to the media about any of this. If, hypothetically, calls were indeed made to others before one was made to the cops, and the cops had a reason to believe it was in the best interest of their investigation to make some unknown suspect think the first call was to the police, then that's what they would say.

Most of the cops in the Susan Smith case thought her story was funny almost immediately, but they played the game as if they believed her for several days, while they were piecing together evidence against her.

Yes, yes, YES! You nailed it.

[stlnative]

Why would the police clear up the way the call were made from the home that night? Why not say "no comment" to the media and leave it alone?