Except maybe in Pizzagate the outward appearance stank worse than it did here.
Still, one should be careful not to accuse more than one has direct evidence for. Even the bible (Old Testament regime) said nobody should be put to death except on the testimony of two or three witnesses. There was apparently quite a chance for skating to go on. But rather than than to do something drastic before the proof is there.
The kids said there were tunnels under the day care and no one checked before or during the trial. Later, an investigator found out that the property had been sold and he got permission to see if the what the kids said was true and come to find out the kids were right.