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It sounds like they were deeply concerned by a tire track left in the driveway PLUS that DR called the cops about a strange car turning around in his driveway that night.

But that car driver came forward in 2004 and has NOTHING whatsoever to do with Jacob's disappearance.

So . . . . it sounds to me like they spent two decades investigating a FALSE LEAD which was given to them by the person who is now their primary POI.

"....on a short list of potential suspects, even called authorities that night to report a suspicious car turning around in his driveway."

http://m.startribune.com/topic/1554-Local%20+%20Metro%20News/articles/199161639?paging=off

....In late 2003, after Sanner became sheriff, the focus changed when a man claiming to be the motorist responsible for the tire track came forward after having a casual conversation with a U.S. marshal who was a friend of a friend.He said that on the night of the kidnapping, he heard the police reports on a scanner. Curious, he drove to the site and saw the boys' bikes on the ground. He got there so quickly that he beat some of the police to the scene.He said he mentioned seeing the bikes to a St. Joseph police officer, then left.

Sanner said in 2004 that investigative records showed no sign that the man, who is not considered a suspect, had ever been interviewed.

That twist, on top of years of dead-end leads and tips to nowhere, fueled criticism and second-guessing of an investigation......"

Makes you REALLY wonder WHO is the cop who the driver spoke to about the bicycles and WHY the he|| didn't he ever report this discussion????

I mean THAT is truly weird. Was that cop ever identified? Was he a friend of the family who owns the farm???? What gives? WHO is the St. Joseph police officer who NEVER, over 20-plus years never reported that discussion????????

Bizarre!

I knew hiking trails were on the web but I didn’t know about running trails so was surprised coming across the link. It seems lots of folks are thinking along the same lines. I didn’t find a search for submitters names but he’s probably submitted others outside of St. J’s. I meant to look up places he’s done marathons. While there are probably running paths around every university, it sure does add more and more coinky dinks to all the cases.

The farm house is quite a ways away from the road for a car to be noticed just turning around. If DR was so sleepy, then why would a car by the road rouse him enough to make a call since police cars and helicopters weren’t much of a concern to him. A car would have had to have driven up the drive and turned around at the house for him to notice it if he were really in bed at 9 pm. I wonder just when or if he really did call it in. I think the only person who has said he called it in was this unknown relative and not LE. Seriously, why would he have made the report in the first place since the supposed car didn’t do anything but turn around. There was nothing to report. Besides, the time line would have been tight. You would think if there was a report the LE and FBI would have been all over him getting a description immediately. Strange (or incompetence) if they got the car dude’s tracks and this supposed mystery car mixed up. Maybe DR just claimed later there was a car as an alibi? Yes, they were looking for a car for years (turns out the innocent dude), but when did the car enter into the investigation and from whom?

I still want to know what DR was up to that night because it wasn’t sleeping. Could it be that he was out in the field when the car dude drove up?

Yeah, it would be interesting to know who the cop was that the car dude spoke with and why his name wasn’t put on a list of interviews especially since he got there so quickly.

They keep talking about the driveway being gravel and that they could see Jacob’s footprints. It would be a shame if the car dude and the cops drove over evidence. It’s very hard to determine tire treads and footprints in gravel so I wonder if the LE are telling the whole truth. If they could see Jacob’s footprints then they should have been able to see the other person’s. Drag marks show up in gravel but not so much footprints. They hint at a struggle at one point but not much else.

The locals say nothing but nice things about the old man but most say DR is odd. It’s interesting the Wetterlings also say good things about the old man but after all these years, both claim they don’t know DR (dad below and mom in a video somewhere).

http://religion-news.info/search-at-wetterling-site-is-third-since-boy-was-abducted

BTW, somewhere someone said Josh played the baritone and that he would have come in contact with DR through the brass section.