The less time the prosecution has to develop physical evidence the better. Wouldn't want them to have time to make exhaustive and conclusive results on every speck collected.
If there is a lot of physical evidence, then going to trial quickly helps the defense call it into question, as perhaps testing would be rushed/inadequate. Also helps to take advantage of the Van Damming media hype.
ANSWERING THE CALL | Ragtag team joins in mission to locate girl
The San Diego Union - Tribune; San Diego, Calif.; Feb 28, 2002; Joe Hughes;
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Abstract: Thousands of volunteers -- ordinary folks, some with children about Danielle's age -- covered untold square miles in the last three weeks. They looked from San Diego to Imperial County to Mexico. And they refused to give up even when it became painfully clear Danielle would not be found alive.
Members of what the van Dams called the core support team included: center director Diane Halfman, a San Diego police officer who retired from the force after 11 years; community coordinator Susan Wintersteen, a neighbor; fund coordinator Bill Libby, a family friend; communications coordinator Paula Call, whose daughter was in Danielle's second-grade class at Creekside Elementary; and Sara Muller Fraunces, a communications consultant.
2 PICS; 1. [Fiona Oberrick] of the Danielle Search Center talked with Bill Schweizer yesterday just before volunteers went out on a search. 2. A group of volunteers met yesterday morning before starting a search for clues to Danielle van Dam's whereabouts. Thousands of volunteers have been involved in the search for the missing girl.; Credit: 1,2. Dan Trevan / Union-Tribune photos
This one just clarifies that Susan Wintersteen is a neighbor who may have spoken for the Van Dam's - but Muller Fraunces was the PR.