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Couple of things. Supposedly her body was covered with about a foot of brush. The dog smelled something and was digging in the area when the skull appears. Police called, area taped off.

Question. The cadets check the area last July, if not more than once. Two months, June and July. Wouldn't the heat have helped decay and wouldn't cadets smell a decaying body?

Question. The cadets check the area last July, if not more than once. Two months, June and July. Wouldn't the heat have helped decay and wouldn't cadets smell a decaying body?

Anyone know whether they searched with dogs? I would think so. I'll bet a good dog can smell a dead body a mile away.

Couple of things. Supposedly her body was covered with about a foot of brush. The dog smelled something and was digging in the area when the skull appears. Police called, area taped off.

I don't own a dog but I don't think I would just let one randomly start digging in a public area. I'm getting conflicting info on exactly how the body was found - whether it was buried, covered or just laying there. Burying would imply an act to hide evidence, covered might.

Question. The cadets check the area last July, if not more than once. Two months, June and July. Wouldn't the heat have helped decay and wouldn't cadets smell a decaying body?

No ME either so I don't know how long a decomposing body retains its "freshness". I suppose it varies somewhat on factors like temperature, weight, presence of scavengers (vultures, maggots, etc.), hydration, etc.

I do wonder, as someone else pointed out, if there were two reports of jogger attacks in this part of the park, why wouldn't the cops have made an even more thorough search of the area when they were supposedly combing parks for evidence last summer - particularly the one park with a direct and known link to Levy (her computer records)?

For now, I'm in the "too convenient" camp of skeptics.

Yes, you are right...even if someone put her into a shallow grave, you would have a strong odor...and last summer was one hot summer! If that perp had attacked her from behind on a crest on a hill, she could have fallen down that steep incline where they are finding her bones...but there should have been a strong odor....and I would think that any joggers on that path would have smelled a strong odor and certainly any dogs would have picked up that odor as would have the other animals in that park...it doesn't make sense to me.