Why did the police consider the “psychic” reliable?
Once before a judge would accept a certain dog’s ability to follow a scent, he made it follow another scent through a concert site
where 30,000 people had been. When the dog passed that test, he was willing to accept that it had the ability to follow a scent.
On what basis did the police think this psychic had any ability? Was the psychic rich from sports betting (wins every time)? Was the psychic rich from playing the stock market and commodities futures?
Why did the police think the psychic had any ability?
Sounds like there was a phoned-in tip, to which somebody responded and found blood on the porch and a foul smell coming from inside.
That sounds good enough to go back and get a warrant, to me. That the tip came from a “psychic” doesn’t really make much difference it seems, based on those facts.
See post 19.